The first three editions of this invaluable handbook have been tremendously successful thanks to their accessibility and comprehensive cover of the medical specialties. For the fourth edition thousands of revisions and updates have been made and a new chapter on pre-hospital care added. This best-selling book will give medical students doing their rotations absolute confidence on the ward, in the lecture theatre, and during revision. It is now printed in three colours which, with the new page design, makes everything even easier to find when you really need it! In addition, as in previous editions the alternate blank pages mean that notes, case histories, and updates - available by fax and published in the BMJ - are instantly to view. This handbook, used in conjunction with the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine , provides comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible coverage of the information that is the foundation of successful practice. This book is intended for medical students, especially those on rotation; junior hospital doctors; also primary care physicians.