Medical sciences / edited by Jeannette Naish, MBBS, MSC, FRCGP, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK, and Denise Syndercombe Court, CBiol, MSB, CSci, FIBMS, DMedT, MFSoc, PhD, Honorary Research Fellow, Queen Mary College University of London, Reader in Forensic Genetics, King's College London, London, UK .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and homeostasis / Jeannette Naish -- Biochemistry and cell biology / Marek H. Dominiczak -- Energy metabolism / Mark Holness, Mary Sugden, and Jeannette Naish -- Pharmacology / Walter Wieczorek and Jeannette Naish -- Human genetics / Denise Syndercombe Court and David P. Kelsell -- Pathology and immunology / Denise Syndercombe Court, Paola Domizio, Armine Sefton, and Nigel Yeatman -- Epidemiology : science for the art of medicine / Jeannette Naish and Denise Syndercombe Court -- The nervous system / Brian Pentland -- Bone, muscle, skin, and connective tissue / Lesley Robson and Denise Syndercombe Court -- Endocrinology / Joy Hinson and Peter Raven -- The cardiovascular system / Andrew Archbold and Jeannette Naish -- Haematology / Drew Provan, Adrian C. Newland, and Denise Syndercombe Court -- The respiratory system / Gavin Donaldson -- The renal system / Girish Namagondlu and Alistair Chesser -- The alimentary system / John Wilkinson -- Diet and nutrition / Amrutha Ramu, Penny Neild, and Jeannette Naish.