Amir H. Sam: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London. James T. H. Teo: Charing Cross Hospital, London.
As the title implies, this is a useful reference as a memory jogger. It lays out the basics that every person in medical training must keep in mind. I highly recommend this as a desk reference for primary care clinicians. (Doody's, 26 August 2011)<p> This book is just fantastic. While doing specialist rotations in my fourth year, I've found it more useful, in some ways, than the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, a book that we use on a daily basis in the hospital. (Times Higher Education, 24 February 2011)<p>