This is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the popular textbook. The book retains its simplicity, 

lucidity and clarity of writing—the hallmark features of this title, well appreciated by the medical students 

as well as the teachers.  

The textbook covers all the topics as per the latest NMC Guidelines | Competency Based Medical 

Education (CBME) Curriculum under Graduate Medical Education Regulation.  

Besides being the 'must read' for undergraduate medical students, the text also caters to the needs of the 

candidates preparing for postgraduate entrance and other competitive examinations.  

Students and teachers of courses in dental sciences, pharmacy, nursing, paramedical and allied health 

sciences will find it particularly useful.

Highlights of the Eighth Edition:

• Case scenarios have been added for each chapter 

• Answers/discussion of 60 case scenarios are available online through scratch code given on the front cover inside

• All competencies under revised CBME curriculum covered

• New features, flowcharts and diagrams, added to explain the recent concepts

• Text completely revised and recast to accommodate the latest curriculum

• Flowcharts explain every important mechanism of action

• Boxes made more functional and useful to the reader

• Text revision is based on reviews and comments by superspecialists and subject experts

• Student-friendly format followed

• Text and tables focus on clinical relevance

• More mnemonics added throughout the book help memorizing 

• COMPARE and CONTRAST series makes the textbook complete in giving an analytic edge