Contents // Acknowledgements...iv // Online Special Topics...vi // Contributors...vii // Online Contributors...x // International Advisory Board...xi // Preface to the Ninth Edition...xiii // // 1. Ethics, law and communication...1 // Deborah Bowman, Annie Cushing // 2. Clinical pharmacology...17 // Michael Rawlins, Munir Pirmohamed // 3. Palliative medicine and symptom control...31 // Miriam J Johnson, Gail E Eva, Sara Booth // 4. Global health...43 // Babulal Sethia, Parveen Kumar // 5. Environmental medicine...51 // Michael L Clark // 6. Poisoning...63 // J Allister Vale, Sally M Bradberry // Section 2 Clinical sciences // 7. Molecular cell biology and human genetics...87 // David P Kelsell, Kenneth J Linton // 8. The immune system and disease...121 // Mark Peakman, Matthew S Buckland // 9. Water, electrolytes and acid-base balance... 149 // M Magdi Yaqoob, Kieran McCafferty // 10. Nutrition...183 // Marinos Elia, Susan A Lanham-New // Section 3 Clinical practice // 11. Infectious diseases and tropical medicine ...219 // Gavin Barlow, William L Irving, Peter J Moss // 12. Sexually transmitted infections and human // immunodeficiency virus...317 // Janet D Wilson, Jane Anderson // 13. Gastrointestinal disease...357 // James Lindsay, Louise Langmead, Sean L Preston // 14. Liver disease...437 // Graham Foster, Alastair O’Brien // 15. Biliary tract and pancreatic disease...489 // David Westaby, Christopher Wadsworth // 16. Haematological disease...515 // Michael F Murphy, ?
John Pasi, Adam Mead // 17. Malignant disease...583 // Christopher J Gallagher, Matthew Smith, // Jonathan Shamash // 18. Rheumatic disease...645 // Anisur Rahman, Ian Giles // 19. Bone disease...707 // Don noha O’Gradaigh, Richard Conway // 20. Kidney and urinary tract disease...721 // M Magdi Yaqoob, Neil Ashman // 21. Neurological disease...795 // Paul Jarman // 22. Psychological medicine...893 // Julius Bourke, Peter D White // 23. Cardiovascular disease...931 // Nicholas H Bunce, Robin Ray // 24. Respiratory disease...1057 // Anthony J Frew, Sarah R Doffman, // Katharine Hurt, Rachel Buxton-Thomas // 25. Critical care medicine...1139 // Michael J O’Dwyer, Rupert M Pearse, // Charles J Hinds // 26. Endocrine disease...1175 // Miles J Levy, Helena Gleeson // 27. Diabetes mellitus...1241 // Edwin AM Gale, John V Anderson // 28. Lipid and metabolic disorders...1277 // Edwin AM Gale, John V Anderson // 29. Women’s health...1293 // Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Edward tVS Mullins, // Lesley Regan // 30. Ear, nose and throat and eye disease...1311 // Francis Vaz, Nishchay Mehta, Robin D Hamilton // 31. Skin disease... 1337 // David G Paige, Sarah H Wakelin // Index...1387 // 0 See your e-book for key learning points, clinical tips, drug tips, extra tables, extra images, interactive Figures, audio, videos, learning challenges, case studies, MCQs and Special Topics from the International Advisory Board.