Management of Common Endocrine Conditions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1041017677 ISBN 13: 9781041017677

Publisher: CRC Press, 2026

Synopsis

Disorders of the endocrine system can be frequently encountered in all branches of medicine and allied disciplines. This concise, up-to-date book provides seminal information and contemporary guidelines about the current management of the most common endocrine conditions which family physicians, general practitioners, and other health-care professionals are likely to meet with in clinical practice. The treatment of such conditions may vary from the relatively straightforward to the exceedingly complex as described in each chapter. Reference is also made to rarer endocrine disorders normally managed in specialist centres. With input from selected contributions by chosen experts in the field, this text provides a quick reference for all those who are involved in the care of individuals with such conditions.

Key Features:

• Features concise, easy-to-access guidelines; lucid readability; and contemporary information
• Provides a quick reference source for family physicians, general practitioners, and other health-care professionals
• Covers both routine and complex endocrine presentations with expert insights on when specialist referral is appropriate

About this title

About the Author

Dr Ian N Scobie qualified MBChB and MD from the University of Glasgow subsequently being elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He trained in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and at St Thomas’ Hospital, London. Dr Scobie was appointed Consultant Physician in Medicine and Endocrinology and Diabetes at Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, England and later Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London School of Medicine related to his appointment as Clinical Sub-Dean responsible for undergraduate students at his institution. He also served as Site Director for The American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine between 2003 and 2009. Dr Scobie has had a research interest in his speciality of Endocrinology and Diabetes and has published extensively in his field. He has authored and co-authored chapters in diabetes and metabolism and textbooks of diabetes. He has had a longstanding commitment to medical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr Scobie’s current appointment is Assistant Clinical Dean, United Kingdom, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1041017677
• ISBN 13: 9781041017677
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Scobie Ian N