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Oxford handbook of medical sciences / edited by Prof Robert Wilkins, Associate Professor in Physiology, University of Oxford, American Fellow in Physiology, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Prof Ian Megson, Head, Health Research & Innovation, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK, Dr David Meredith, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry & Biomedical Science, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.

Contributor(s): Wilkins, Robert, Dr [editor.] | Megson, Ian [editor.] | Meredith, David, 1968- [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Oxford medical handbooks.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: Third edition.Description: xv, 1022 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.Content type: Text Media type: Unmediated Carrier type: VolumeISBN: 9780198789895.Subject(s): Medical sciences -- Handbooks, manuals, etcSummary: "As for its earlier editions, the aim of this Handbook remains the elucidation of the fun-damental scientific principles that underpin modern medical science in a conveniently-sized handbook format, covering core concepts without oversimplifying their treatment. While keeping the same overall format in this third edition, we have updated chapters to reflect recent advances, and included many new and full-colour figures to illustrate the text. In addition, updated and frequent cross-referencing to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, 10e, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties, 10e and the Oxford Handbook of Practical Drug Therapy, 2e helps to highlight the clinical significance of specific information. Although the Handbook will be of obvious utility to medical stu-dents, we hope that its content will also serve as a strong foundation for students study-ing the biomedical sciences. We hope that you will find this third edition of Handbook at least as useful as previous readers have found the first two"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"As for its earlier editions, the aim of this Handbook remains the elucidation of the fun-damental scientific principles that underpin modern medical science in a conveniently-sized handbook format, covering core concepts without oversimplifying their treatment. While keeping the same overall format in this third edition, we have updated chapters to reflect recent advances, and included many new and full-colour figures to illustrate the text. In addition, updated and frequent cross-referencing to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, 10e, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties, 10e and the Oxford Handbook of Practical Drug Therapy, 2e helps to highlight the clinical significance of specific information. Although the Handbook will be of obvious utility to medical stu-dents, we hope that its content will also serve as a strong foundation for students study-ing the biomedical sciences. We hope that you will find this third edition of Handbook at least as useful as previous readers have found the first two"-- Provided by publisher.

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