Practical or internal medicine is the medical specialty dedicated to the diagnosis and medical treatment of adult diseases. A physician who specialises in practical medicine is referred to as an inter and are called internists, or physicians.
Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. Internists care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in teaching and research.
Subspecialties of practical or internal medicine include allergy and immunology, cardiology, endocrinology, haematology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, nephrology, oncology, pulmonology, and rheumatology. The fourth edition of Manual of Practical Medicine has been fully revised to provide the most recent advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Beginning with an introduction to internal medicine, each of the following chapters is dedicated to an anatomical region of the body and associated disorders. Each disease is presented in an easy to follow format, describing the causes, clinical features, investigations and management. This new edition is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.
This book provides the perfect resource for practical medicine.