Oxford Handbook of Paediatrics

(From a review of the previous edition)Coming from the impressive pedigree of the Oxford Handbook series, I was very much looking forward to reviewing this book. I certainly was not disappointed as it is a superb review of the subject and can be worth its weight in gold.'Dr Harry Brown at glycosmedia.com(From the foreword of the first edition)The Oxford Handbook of Paediatrics is a worthy addition to your library. It will be particularly appealing to medical students and younger physicians…a wonderful job in ensuring consistency, clarity, and completeness’Professor Howard Bauchner, Boston University School of Medicine

Robert Tasker undertook undergraduate studies at Cambridge University and graduate medical education in London. He completed specialist training at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, and The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. His first consultant post was in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care at Great Ormond Street. He then moved to Cambridge where he is now University Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician specialising in Intensive Care. For the last nine years, he has directed undergraduate education in paediatrics at the Cambridge University Clinical School. More recently, he has been involved in developing a new undergraduate curriculum and examination in Paediatrics. He is Director of Medical Studies for undergraduates at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and educational supervisor for higher professional trainees in Paediatrics in his Department.