Edited By Drew Provan 4^th edition

Published 2018 by Oxford University Press

Price £32.99

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/oxford-handbook-of-clinical-and-laboratory-investigation-9780198766537?cc=gb&lang=en&

Being a member of the superb Oxford Handbook series, I automatically assume this book will be very good and in fact put very simply, it is very good and certainly lives up to its heritage. It is an excellent book and runs to just under a 1000 page and is fairly substantial. The subject matter is excellent and in fact it is a subject which is highly relevant for many healthcare professionals in general disciplines such as general medicine as well as primary care.

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27^th Edition (Published 2018)

Edited by Norman Williams, P.Ronan O’Connell and Andrew McCaskie

Published CRC Press

ISBN  978-1-138-03166-1

Price £189

https://www.crcpress.com/Bailey–Loves-Short-Practice-of-Surgery-27th-Edition/Williams-OConnell-McCaskie/p/book/9781498796507

This book simply smacks of class; I have had the privilege of reviewing the hardback edition which is a robust and physically heavy book. It is heavy to lift and looks an impressive addition to the bookshelf but the word “short” as expressed in the book’s title, it certainly is not. This is a powerful heavyweight textbook that seems to cover most surgical specialties and is suitable for a global audience. Even better, its appeal is widespread throughout various sectors of the medical and surgical community.

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Conn’s Current Therapy 2018

70^th Anniversary edition

Edited by Rick Kellerman and Edward Bope

Published by Elsevier (January 2018)

Price £73.99

https://www.uk.elsevierhealth.com/conns-current-therapy-2018-9780323527699.html

I doubt if many medical textbooks can compete with the badge of honour of sprouting a 70^th edition (yes seventy) but this book can proudly claim this honour. It first appeared in 1948 and is still here in 2018. This means this book becomes a huge and always in progress, impressive body of work which is in constant evolution.

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