Preface; How to use this book; List of contributors; Abbreviations 1 The acute abdomen 2 Anaesthetics 3 The breast 4 Cardiology 5 Community-based medicine 6 Critical illness 7 Dermatology 8 Ear, nose and throat 9 Emergency presentations 10 Endocrinology 11 Gastroenterology 12 Gastrointestinal surgery 13 General surgical principles 14 Geriatric medicine 15 Gynaecology 16 Haematology 17 Hepato-pancreato-biliary 18 Immunology and allergy 19 Neurology 20 Obstetrics 21 Ophthalmology 22 Paediatrics 23 Palliative care 24 Psychiatry 25 Renal 26 Respiratory 27 Rheumatology 28 Trauma & orthopaedics 29 Urology 30 Vascular disease 31 'Test yourself' questions Figure acknowledgements

