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Horizons in Medicine 19
Horizons in Medicine 19Edited by David Lomas. Published by Royal College of Physicians of London, 2007. ISBN 978-1-86016-312-8. Price: Full price £32; £30 Special offer for members of the Society of Occupational Medicine, further details available: http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/brochure.aspx?e=243. 408 pp.
The Horizons in Medicine series has been produced for a number of years by the Royal College of Physicians. Each publication represents the contributions made to the Advanced Medicine Conference of that year. The conference organizer in 2007 and editor of the 19th volume is Professor David Lomas of the University of Cambridge.
The list of contributors to this publication is extensive and draws upon expertise from a variety of medical specialities. The book states to aim at a wide audience be they a consultant physician, general practitioner or doctor in training.
The book is well laid out, being divided into chapters by speciality. Eleven specialities are represented, together with a chapter on multi-system disease and two eponymous lectures (Croonian and Linacre, respectively). There are high-quality images and diagrams throughout. It is written in a readable style and includes self-assessment questions at the end of each section relating to that speciality.
The subject matter ranges from myocardial infarction to porphyria. It provides updates regarding HIV and avian influenza H5 N1, with the Linacre lecture providing a review of Japanese encephalitis. This book is well referenced and the level of detail in the text is no less than impressive.
However, this is where its appeal is limited for the occupational physician. Many of the papers quickly involve the reader in detailed genetics and pathology and are certainly biased towards the physician with an interest in that particular speciality. On that basis, it is probably best used as a reference text by those working in occupational medicine.
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