Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine
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The go-to textbook for medical students Designed to be as easy to understand as it is comprehensive, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine is the definitive guide for medical students and doctors in training. Revised and updated to reflect the structure of modern medical care, an all-new Acute Medicine chapter focuses on the initial, problem-based assessment of the unwell patient. Chapters on Medical Specialties explore the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic disease across the spectrum of systems-based disorders. Sections on The Practice of Medicine , Medicine and the world and Medicine Throughout Life explore medicine in its wider context, addressing the health needs of the population as well as specific patient groups. This book has been the must-have text for medical students and doctors in training for over 35 years. The 11th edition has been fully updated and restructured to suit the needs of a contemporary audience. A unified chapter format makes the book easy to read and navigate Comprehensive content includes clinical skills, basic medical sciences, and individual conditions Succinct notes on clinical emergencies, differential diagnosis, and practical procedures Fully revised and updated throughout Increased representation of diverse populations including dermatological disease in different skin tones New chapters include: Acute Medicine Radiology Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Stroke Medicine General Hospital Psychiatry Obesity Young Adult Medicine Sex and Gender in Medicine Ideal reference for those preparing for the MLA and other clinical exams - MLA-required conditions highlighted in the Index to aid efficient navigation Additional online videos and self-assessment questions to test knowledge retention and supplement learning An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud Review: Medic students will love it - Very good for medic students to revise their knowledge Review: This textbook promotes harmful, discredited treatment for ME/CFS - This textbook promotes harmful, discredited treatment for ME/CFS The latest edition of Kumar and Clark’s Clinical Medicine continues to promote so-called “active rehabilitation” for ME/CFS—a term often used to refer to Graded Exercise Therapy (GET). This is not simply outdated; it is dangerous. GET has been widely discredited and shown to cause significant harm to patients. According to the large 2019 survey by Oxford Brookes University and Forward-ME, 80.1% of people with ME reported deterioration following GET. This is not a matter of scientific debate—it is settled in clinical guidance. In 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) formally withdrew its recommendation for GET, acknowledging the lack of evidence for benefit and the clear evidence of harm. Continuing to promote this approach is not a neutral oversight; it disregards both patient experience and rigorous review of the evidence. It is deeply concerning that a major clinical textbook, relied on by generations of medical students and professionals, is perpetuating discredited and potentially harmful recommendations for a serious neurological disease.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 25 Reviews |
L**A
Medic students will love it
Very good for medic students to revise their knowledge
K**M
This textbook promotes harmful, discredited treatment for ME/CFS
This textbook promotes harmful, discredited treatment for ME/CFS The latest edition of Kumar and Clark’s Clinical Medicine continues to promote so-called “active rehabilitation” for ME/CFS—a term often used to refer to Graded Exercise Therapy (GET). This is not simply outdated; it is dangerous. GET has been widely discredited and shown to cause significant harm to patients. According to the large 2019 survey by Oxford Brookes University and Forward-ME, 80.1% of people with ME reported deterioration following GET. This is not a matter of scientific debate—it is settled in clinical guidance. In 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) formally withdrew its recommendation for GET, acknowledging the lack of evidence for benefit and the clear evidence of harm. Continuing to promote this approach is not a neutral oversight; it disregards both patient experience and rigorous review of the evidence. It is deeply concerning that a major clinical textbook, relied on by generations of medical students and professionals, is perpetuating discredited and potentially harmful recommendations for a serious neurological disease.
A**R
Excellent updated book
Fantastic book. Extremely helpful for clinicians and medical students. This book has really focussed on evidence based management with holistic care.
M**K
Excellent text book
Excellent book and have a lot of informative details and good reference for clinical cases.
H**N
Very useful for clinicians
Informative and relevant.
A**R
Erroneous ME/CFS information
As the previous reviewer has written. This book has printed outdated and wrong information about ME/CFS and promotes erroneous and dangerous practices to treat. Should be updated or pulled from publication.
A**A
without code access to access videos of each chapter online
without code access to access videos of each chapter online
S**R
Missing pages!
Pages 442 to 459 are missing!
D**N
One of the great textbooks of clinical medicine
This is a fabulous teaching textbook for everyone on the front lines of medicine, including medical and PA and FNP students, house officers preparing for exams, and all of us who care for patients in internal medicine. It is focused on patient care, from instructions on doing procedures such as spinal tap, thoracentesis, central lines, etc to emergency care to the care for elderly patients. It is written as a teaching text rather than reference book. The writing is clear and straight forward. The pluses and minuses are as below: 1. It can and should be read from front to back over a period of six months to a year. It speaks to all of us regardless of specialty training. 2. The focus is on patient care rather than veering to research studies. 3. Publishing date is September 2, 2025, so it is up to date. 4.. It is written by English physicians and gives an interesting point of view to the art of medicine. 5. It is priced less than $80.00 unlike the great encyclopedias of medicine such as Cecil, Harrison, and Oxford projects. 6. I would vouch that Dr. William Osler would be happy with this approach to medicine---who was a strong advocate for primary care and author of the first textbook of internal medicine. On the negative side, yes it is 1,726 pages long and will not fit in your pocket or knapsack unless you are an experienced hiker. If you like to study from a book in a quiet place like home or a corner of a quiet office, this is your gem. Thomas Weisman MD Tucson, Arizona
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