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The seventh edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties covers all the clinical specialties which are not covered in its companion handbook, The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. It continue to provide all the ideas and facts essential to those who will or who are already caring for patients whose needs may or may not fit within the traditional bounds of individual specialties. The text is concise and clear and laid out in the 'Oxford Handbooks' characteristic style of page-a-topic format, leaving space for the reader's own updating and refinements.Updated throughout with extensive revisions in key chapters and all new color illustrations, the text goes from strength to strength with every new edition. It is thoroughly up-to-date and more evidence-based than ever before. This pocket-sized book is brimming wtih practical advice and contains hundreds of links to reliable medical internet sites such as Medline and Clinical Evidence, enabling the reader to probe deeper into the topics covered.Above all, The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties remains human and humorous, and in this edition there is an increased emphasis on patient centered medicine. IT provides not only the practical aspects of medical care, but also a philosophy of medicine which has come to be respected around the world.The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties for PDAs enables enhanced, multi-layered access to the entire text, illustrations and tables. Fast access is available via the table of contents, index and full-text searches, and there is a facility for bookmarking and annotating the text. It is suitable for all Palm and Pocket PC devices, as well as PDA-enabled mobile phones.