Product Description

In Medicine at a Glance, the editor and expert author team have produced a concise revision text, which provides medical students and junior doctors with a unique introduction and guide to the core curriculum in medicine.

Medicine at a Glance follows the familiar, double-page format of the at a Glance series. This excellent book is divided into two sections covering over 60 clinical presentations and over 150 diseases. The clinical presentations section focuses on the signs and symptoms of common medical presentations. Topics cover the differential diagnoses of common complaints, together with simple approaches to making a diagnosis. The section on medical diseases covers the major medical conditions in a logical way, providing the reader with the basic facts necessary for an understanding of each topic.

The book's simplicity of structure and fantastic colour summary diagrams combine to provide a vital tool for recall of key facts relevant to the medical course. Medicine at a Glance will be an indispensable guide for busy medical students and will be useful as an aide-mémoire for examinations and for work in the clinic and on the ward.

Pre-publication reviews:

"The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience." Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK

"This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material." Consultant Rheumatologist, UK

"This book is an absolute bargain" Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8369 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-21
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 472 pages

Synopsis
"Medicine at a Glance" provides a concise and accessible introduction and guide to the core curriculum for medical students. Following the familiar easy-to-use "At a Glance" format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by clear tables, illustrations and diagrams encapsulating all the students need to know.This new edition of "Medicine at a Glance": is fully revised and updated - the essential purchase for medical students; has a unique structure, divided into over 65 clinical presentations and 150 common diseases; covers the essential facts for the diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms and conditions; includes 7 new chapters, dealing with topics such as: How to recognise the critically ill patient, Painless loss of vision / blindness, Allergic reactions, Imaging in respiratory disease, and Imaging in gastrointestinal disease; presents diagrams and illustrations on the left and concise explanations on the right, providing a user-friendly overview of Medicine."Medicine at a Glance" will appeal to all medical students and junior doctors on the Foundation Program, as a core textbook and as a revision aid.

The book is also suitable for those training in allied health professions such as nurses and paramedics. Reviews of last edition: 'I definitely recommend this book to all final year students...' - Final Year Student, "GKT", March 2004. 'I can, with complete confidence, recommend this book to all Final Year students. Its got everything you'll need for Final MB Medicine' - Amazon reviewer, November 2003.

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly detailed given the size...
This book is a great concise reference book- you can dip in and out of it very easily, and each topic is very clearly indicated so you don't get lost in the tool print or run into finding a topic, only not to be able to decipher it because it relies on a preamble 20 pages long... None of that here. 2 pages per topic and you're done...
It covers both conditions as well as treatments- something not covered as well elsewhere, or perhaps as independently.
The AaG series you either love or hate- I am not that keen, but I must admit that I think this book is useful and contains a surprising level of detail. That said, you aren't going to approach this book looking to answer the niggling little questions that you face on the wards- as this is concise!

The best summary text
The benefits are:
- an entire topic is summarised into a 2 page spread (therefore easier to memorise)
- only the important facts are presented
- the diagrams are excellent, real pictures are included when appropriate
- the language of the text is, simple and straight to the point
- the price is extrememly reasonable given the size of the book (420 pages)


Dont expect detailed information from this book e.g. there are no doses for any of the medications (check out the BNF for this).

Should be used, despite it's problems
This is a good book to start off your revision for medical finals and I would definitely recommend it, especially the orange sections - however I would say that it does get a bit tedious in places (especially the investigations & management sections which are sometimes a bit sparse and not ordered logically) - so use it with the Oxford Handbook or online sources (gpnotebook, bmj etc which are both absolutely amazing revision resources once you get a hang of them).