Clinicians' Guide to Asthma puts the care of patients with asthma into context for the GP / Primary care specialist and general hospital physician, presenting the current knowledge regarding asthma and its treatment in an accessible manner. Topics covered include epidemiology, socio-economic costs, causes and pathophysiology, mechanisms, pharmacologic therapies and other aspects of asthma management. The book discusses current hot topics in research and likely future breakthroughs, and provides sufficient practical detail for the physician to use in everyday management of asthma within a range of patient sub-groups including children.