free oxford handbook of general practice 3rd edition

Therefore, when we set about writing this edition we drew inspiration from the original book and its authors updating, adding, and clarifying, but trying to retain the unique feel and perspective that the OHCM has provided to generations of trainees and clinicians. Life and medicine have moved on in the 30 years since the ﬁ rst edition was published, but medicine and science are largely iterative true novel ‘ground-breaking’ or ‘prac-tice-changing’ discoveries are rare, to quote Isaac Newton: ‘If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’. When combined with that of our specialist and junior readers, I hope this creates a book that is greater than the sum of its parts, yet true to the original concept and ethos of the original authors. Five physicians, each with very diff erent interests and approaches, yet bringing their own knowledge, expertise, and styles. In this book, I am joined by a Nephrologist, Gas-troenterologist, and trainees destined for careers in Cardiology, Dermatology, and General Practice. Both have now moved on to do other things, and enjoy a wellearned rest from authorship. This is the ﬁrst edition of the book without either of the original authors-Tony Hope and Murray Longmore.

Free oxford handbook of general practice 3rd edition