MJA Practice Essentials -- Gastroenterology

MJA Practice Essentials -- Gastroenterology. John E Kellow and Jeremy S Wilson, editors. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1999 (iv + 80 pp.). ISBN: 0 85557 042 3.

This newest addition to the MJA Practice Essentials series -- Gastroenterology -- is an up-to-date and concise guide to gastrointestinal and liver diseases, with an Australian emphasis. Written by experts in their respective fields and edited by leading Australian gastroenterologists Professors John Kellow and Jeremy Wilson, this book covers the common gastrointestinal conditions plus those which have seen recent advances in understanding. Each chapter emphasises diagnosis and management, including a concise summary of best-evidence management guidelines. Essential gastroenterology for the non-gastroenterologist Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Irritable-bowel syndrome Colorectal cancer Gallstones Inflammatory bowel disease Diseases associated with Helicobacter pylori Viral hepatitis Advances in gastrointestinal endoscopy Pancreatic disease Coeliac disease MJA Practice Essentials -- Gastroenterology will prove invaluable to general practitioners and specialists in other fields, as well as both undergraduate and postgraduate students.