LectureNotes:TropicalMedicine,6thEdition

LectureNotes:TropicalMedicineisacomprehensiveintroductiontotropicalmedicine.Theneweditionisinfullcolourthroughoutwithover40colourimagesintegratedwiththetext.Thereisanewchapteronsyndromesofundernutrition(inbothchildrenandadults),andthesectiononnon–communicablediseaseshasbeenextendedtoincludementalhealthproblemsinthetropics.Thecoreinformationispresentedinaclearandconciseway,withextensiveuseofdiagrams,algorithms,tablesandboxes.Allchaptershavebeenupdatedtoreflectcurrentbestpracticeandtheannotatedbibliographiesandlistsofweb–basedresourceshavebeenextended.ThechaptersonHIV,tuberculosisandmalariahaveundergoneparticularlyextensiverevision,reflectingrapidchangesintheseareassincethelastedition.LectureNotes:?TropicalMedicineisparticularlyaimedatpostgraduatedoctorsattendingtropicalmedicinecourses,aswellasmedicalstudentstakingatropicalmedicineelectiveperiod.Itwillalsobeusefultoawiderangeofotherhealthprofessionalsinvolvedwithmedicineinthetropics,orimportedtropicaldisease.