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Product Description The third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis is available to purchase in a pack with the second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences, offering complimentary content from both handbooks at a discounted price.Now revised for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis provides a concise and practical summary of the reasoning processes behind clear and confident diagnosis. The handbook is set out systematically with symptoms and signs through each specialty, and includes a detaileddescription of the basis of logical evidence-based differential diagnosis.The third edition has been updated with clearer diagrams and brand new images. Including rarer diagnoses alongside the common conditions, and vital information about longer-term management alongside the initial treatments, this handbook will ensure your excellence and confidence no matter what signsand symptoms your patient presents with. Providing practical help when dealing with problems outside your area of expertise or with unforeseen situations, you can be sure that this handbook will be your perfect companion to clear and confident diagnoses throughout your medical career.Written by biomedical scientists and clinicians to disseminate the fundamental scientific principles that underpin clinical medicine, the second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences provides a clear, easily digestible account of basic cell physiology and biochemistry, and aninvestigation of the traditional piers of medicine (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology and pharmacology) integrated in the context of each of the major systems relevant to the human body. Cross-referenced to the eighth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, and thoroughlyillustrated, it is the ideal introduction to the basic medical sciences for junior medical students, and a perfect revision guide for senior students. Review Review from previous edition: "It is pitched perfectly for the student studying for undergraduate clinical exams and for the general practice specialist training knowledge test. It would also serve as a helpful aide memoir for doctors dealing with a patient presenting with a problem outside their speciality." ―British Journal of Hospital Medicine July 2009"The idea is brilliant ― take symptoms, signs, and examination findings, and suggest the most likely diagnosis. Then discuss how best to confirm it...once again OUP have come up trumps with another fine addition to the handbook family." ―Dr Jeremy Sagar, Univadis May 2009"Whether you use its easy layout and concise size as a quick reference on wards or as a key text on those differential diagnosis questions in your private study, this book aims to help you come to terms with one of the hardest skills known to medical students." ―Steve Knight, Year 4 Intercalating Student, Leicesterscrubs.com 2009"...not only does this book provide clearly headed pages of presenting complaints together with lists of their possible differentials - its layout is specifically designed in such a way to make you consistently mimic that used by clinicians on wards everyday...The usefulness of this book to your clinical years, combined with your OHCM, shouldn't be underestimated" ―Steve Knight, Fourth Year Intercalating student, Leicesterscrubs.com 2010"a beneficial addition to any medical ward either at the nurses' station or in the doctors' office...would recommend this book for consultation at ward level." ―AS Fitzpatrick, Marchall Riley 2007"This is a nice memory aid for new clinicians as well as a refresher for clinicians who have been in the practice of medicine for a long time." ―Doody's Notes February 2015 About the Author Huw Llewelyn, Formerly Consultant Physician; Honorary Departmental Fellow, Kings College Hospital, London; Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, UK,Hock Aun Ang, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine; Consultant Physician and Endocrinol