Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology

The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology is a unique, pocket guide which emphasizes the clinical evidence-based approach to Rheumatology. Based on the content of the Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology, it provides practical guidelines to the management and diagnosis of patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal disease. This new edition has been extensively updated and revised throughout to include the latest NICE guidelines and new chapters on rheumatic emergencies, drugs, chronic widespread pain, shoulder/neck pain and complementary medicine.

About the Editors

Alan J. Hakim, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University College London Hospital, London, UK

Gavin P.R. Clunie, Consultant Rheumatologist, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

Inam Haq, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Rheumatology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Mayfield House, University of Brighton, Falmer, Essex, UK

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