Davidson's Clinical Cases

Davidson’s Clinical Cases reflects the real world in which doctors practise medicine. Patients may present with problems that cross several organ systems and with no obvious diagnosis in sight! This selection of clinical problems guides the reader, step by step, through the correct path in the maze between the presenting complaint of a patient and the final diagnosis. The text emphasises the value of interpreting available clinical and investigative information in a logical way before considering a definitive diagnosis. The authors of the book are a truly international group drawn from both the contributors to Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine and from members of the International Advisory Board to ensure that a global approach is taken to the contents of the book.

Key Features

Contains over 90 cases based on the ";presenting problems"; of Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine
Provides an international outlook reflecting differences in the practice of medicine in the developing world and in low-resource settings
Includes a section on ’Global Issues‘ at the end of each case study addressing epidemiological, economic and other reasons for many of these important differences
Written by a team of senior doctors, from different parts of the world, with considerable teaching experience
Reflects a personal approach to the difficult problems of diagnosis

Author Information
By Mark Strachan, BSc(Hons), MD, FRCP(Ed), Consultant Physician, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK; Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; and John A. A. Hunter, OBE, BA, MD, FRCP(Ed), Professor Emeritus of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh