The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology, 5th edition has been fully reviewed and updated throughout to ensure it continues to be an invaluable guide for students, trainees, consultant rheumatologists, and everyone caring for patients with musculoskeletal disease. This new edition is a fully functional rheumatology handbook for patients from childhood to adulthood. This new edition has been thoroughly revised with updated guidelines on disease management, referencing European,USA and UK guidelines. It includes expanded sections on drug therapeutics and a focus on 'new mode of action' drugs across the spectrum of Rheumatological Conditions. And now with more detailed indexing and cross-referencing, this edition continues to build on the strengths of the previous editions, while remaining up-to-date, accessible, and useful for the busy clinician. Practically structured, the handbook focuses first on presenting symptoms and then considers key diseases, emergencies, and rare diseases in detail. There is a comprehensive and updated account of assessment, guidelines, and treatment options. Taking a clinical, evidence-based approach, written by experts, and presented in a clear, practical, bullet-point style for rapid reference, this handbook will be your constant companion and a joy to use.

"Review from previous edition This book is very well written, clear and aimed at junior doctors ... Its clarity and conciseness are major strengths." - BMA reviewing panel, BMA Medical Book Awards 2019

"This is an excellent handbook of rheumatology and although it is handbook sized, it packs a big punch. It is full of practical wisdom and advice and well suited to someone who deals with a significant number of rheumatology patients." - Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia

"Review from previous edition This is a comprehensive pocket size text that no self-respecting healthcare professional working in this field should be without." - Nursing Standard

"The book provides an outstanding review of all major topics relevant to rheumatology. It is definitely a book worth keeping close by for anyone training in rheumatology." - Amazon

"[The book] is a comprehensive and extremely practical guide and a valuable companion to any health professional working in rheumatology...[I] would highly recommend this pocket guide to both trainees and qualified practitioners with an interest in the speciality." - British Health Professionals in Rheumatology

"offers a welcome addition to the practitioner's library because of its handy, pocket-sized format... a practical, clinically-oriented guide that can be rapidly and easily consulted." - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

"This is an excellent book and very keenly priced as well. If you want a clinically focussed book on this topic; Then this comes highly recommended." - Harry Brown, Pavilion Health Today