Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences

All you need to know about the science that underpins medicine
The medical sciences are made clinical relevant throughout, and the book is cross-referenced to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
Fully illustrated with diagrams and colour images
An ideal introduction to the basic medical sciences for junior medical students, and a perfect revision guide for senior students

New to this edition

Comprehensively updated to include all relevant changes in the field
Includes more of the 'classic' experiments that have defined the scientific principles that are being explained in the book, making it more evidence-based

Written by biomedical scientists and clinicians to disseminate the fundamental scientific principles that underpin clinical medicine, this new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences provides a clear, easily digestible account of basic cell physiology and biochemistry, and an investigation of the traditional pillars 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 Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, and thoroughly illustrated, it is the ideal introduction to the basic medical sciences for junior medical students, and a perfect revision guide for senior students.

Readership: Aimed primarily at pre-clinical medical students in the first two years of their course, it also provides a useful reference source for clinical medical students, science students studying any of the traditional biomedical sciences, and allied health professionals.

Edited by Robert Wilkins, University Lecturer in Physiology, American Fellow in Physiology, University of Oxford, UK, Simon Cross, Reader and Honorary Consultant, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK, Ian Megson, Lifescan Chair of Diabetes, UHI Millennium Institute, Inverness, UK, and David Meredith, University Research Lecturer, Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Oxford, UK

Contributors:
Donald Bissett, Royal Infirmary Aberdeen
Garry Brown, Division of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Oxford
Jennifer Brown, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Oxford
Joseph Browning, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Helen Christian, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Oxford
David Dockerell, Division of Genomic Medicine, University of Sheffield
Alexander Foulkes, King's College Hospital London
Keith Frayn, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Oxford
Philip Larkman, Division of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh
Helen Marriott, Division of Genomic Medicine, University of Sheffield
Rosie McTiernan, The John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford

1: Cellular structure and function
2: Cellular metabolism
3: Molecular and medical genetics
4: Nerve and muscle
5: Musculoskeletal system
6: Respiratory and cardiovascular system
7: Urinary system
8: Digestive system
9: Endocrine organs
10: Reproduction and development
11: Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
12: Infection and immunity
13: Growth of tissues and organs
14: Medicine and society
15: Techniques of medical science