This new edition of Essential Endocrinology and Diabetes has been rewritten and revised by a new author team. Easy-to-use and comprehensively treating all areas of endocrinology and diabetes, it is the perfect core text for medical students, biomedical science students, and junior doctors, and a useful tool for clinicians wishing to reacquaint themselves with some of the basic science behind their day-to-day clinical practice.
Includes new chapters on endocrine neoplasia, diabetes (type 1, type 2, complications) and obesity
New features include learning objectives, key points boxes and case histories
Content now reorganized into 3 parts: principles of endocrinology; clinical endocrinology; and clinical diabetes and obesity
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
Not Good:
I had to purchase this book for an Endocrinology course I was taking; and from the very beginning, I did not enjoy reading it and found it very difficult to do so. Everything is so bland as far as the layout of the text, the coloring, the illustrations, etc. The paragraphs are very wordy and small print, so lots on one page. Another thing I don't like is that there are no review questions at the end of each chapter, nor are there any at the end of the book. There is also no glossary in the book, which makes... more info
Good:
This book was required, so I really did not personally select it. However it is a good textbook: very concise, good summary boxes and tables, useful figures, and nice case histories to illustrate the concepts.
