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Author | R. A. Hope, J. M. Longmore (1e) I. B. Wilkinson, T. Raine et al. (11e) |
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Language | English |
Subject | Medicine |
Genre | Reference |
Published | 1985 (1st edition) 2024 (11th edition) Oxford University Press |
Media type | Online & Hardbound |
ISBN | 9780199689903 (11th ed. 9780198844013) [1] |
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is a pocket textbook aimed at medical students and junior doctors, and covers all aspects of clinical medicine. It is published by Oxford University Press, and is available in formats: book, [2] online, [3] iOS app, [4] and android app. [5] First published in 1985, it is now in its eleventh edition, which was released in April 2024.
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, now in its 11th edition (April 2024), is a pocket textbook. It was first written by a group of friends as a collection of notes designed to help new doctors and covers the full breadth of the medical and surgery subjects. [6] Popularly known in the UK as the "Cheese and Onion" owing to the colour scheme of the cover. [7] It gives advice on clinical management issues, and includes "witty, esoteric asides" linking medicine to other areas, such as classic history and popular culture. [6] The OHCM, as it's also called, was banned from various UK medical schools for making medicine “too easy”, but by 2003 had made it onto several reading lists, including Royal Free London, with the comment “everybody owns this!!” [8]
The current edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is edited by:
This article may rely excessively on sources
too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being
verifiable and
neutral. (August 2016) |
![]() First edition | |
Author | R. A. Hope, J. M. Longmore (1e) I. B. Wilkinson, T. Raine et al. (11e) |
---|---|
Language | English |
Subject | Medicine |
Genre | Reference |
Published | 1985 (1st edition) 2024 (11th edition) Oxford University Press |
Media type | Online & Hardbound |
ISBN | 9780199689903 (11th ed. 9780198844013) [1] |
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is a pocket textbook aimed at medical students and junior doctors, and covers all aspects of clinical medicine. It is published by Oxford University Press, and is available in formats: book, [2] online, [3] iOS app, [4] and android app. [5] First published in 1985, it is now in its eleventh edition, which was released in April 2024.
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, now in its 11th edition (April 2024), is a pocket textbook. It was first written by a group of friends as a collection of notes designed to help new doctors and covers the full breadth of the medical and surgery subjects. [6] Popularly known in the UK as the "Cheese and Onion" owing to the colour scheme of the cover. [7] It gives advice on clinical management issues, and includes "witty, esoteric asides" linking medicine to other areas, such as classic history and popular culture. [6] The OHCM, as it's also called, was banned from various UK medical schools for making medicine “too easy”, but by 2003 had made it onto several reading lists, including Royal Free London, with the comment “everybody owns this!!” [8]
The current edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is edited by: