Awarded first prize in the Internal Medicine category of theBritish Medical Association Book of the Year Awards, 2012
Following a Tradition of Excellence
from reviews of previous editions:
"the best source of synthesized clinical wisdom"
--Gastroenterology
"a tour de force in terms of knowledge and effort"
--The New England Journal of Medicine
"the foremost liver book in the world"
--The Journal of the American MedicalAssociation
"beautifully produced"
--Hepatology
Over the past 56 years, thousands of physicians have depended onDiseases of the Liver and Biliary System. Its didactic andreliable clinical guidance was - and still is - beyondcomparison.
This brand-new edition, now named Sherlock's Diseases of theLiver and Biliary System, after the late Professor Dame SheilaSherlock, continues to provide concise clinical guidance for allthose treating patients with hepato-biliary disease.
Enabling clinicians to formulate incisive diagnoses andappropriate treatment strategies, this book has been updated toreflect the advances that have been made in the last 10 years,providing didactic and reliable clinical guidance in hepatologyfrom the world's leading experts.
A consistent chapter structure allows readers to access theinformation immediately, with summary boxes and key learning pointsthroughout, and special emphasis on the latest in evidence-basedclinical guidance. And for the first time, this edition now offersa free companion website providing the 680 full-color illustrationsand figures in the book, for use in scientific presentations.
James S. Dooley
Gastroenterologie Hepatologie Hepatology Medical Science Medizin
"This is a concise, updated, and well-written book that justifiesreplacing the previous edition. It is definitively useful andexhibits the same high quality of other currently available booksin hepatology. I know I will consult my copy on a frequent basis --an unusual event in this era of online material." (Doody's, 16March 2012)
"James Dooley is to be congratulated on his courage and dedicationalong with his clearly inspiring leadership to contributing authorshas not allowed Sheila's volume to die with her passing. TheHepatology world, has been given a thoroughly up-to-date, excitingand cleverly produced volume which competitors will have greatestdifficulty in matching." (Institute of Hepatology, 2011)
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