Neale's Disorders of the Foot

Neale’s Disorders of the Foot remains the essential resource for students and practitioners of podiatry. All the common conditions encountered in day-to-day podiatric practice are reviewed and their diagnoses and management described along with areas of related therapeutics. Students will find in this one volume everything they need to know about foot disorders and their treatment in order to pass their examinations, while practitioners will continue to appreciate the book’s accessibility and relevance to their daily practice.

The seventh edition is more indispensable than ever before with revised and new chapters by experts in the field, and redesigned in a more user friendly format.

Whether you need quick reference or more detailed information, the new and improved Neale’s Disorders of the Foot is ready to serve the needs of a new generation of podiatry students and practitioners.

• All essential material on common foot disorders and their management is covered, which is required by those studying for their first degree in podiatry.
  
• Quick and easy access to information is offered through a detailed contents list, comprehensive index, and clear layout with good use of headings.
  
• Quick and easy learning features make this an ideal text for self-directed study and revision.
  
• Up-to-date information covers the conditions most commonly encountered in day-to-day practice.
  
• Colour illustrations.

• New chapter on clinical governance reflects the growing importance of this subject.
• New chapter on evolution helps situate the treatment of biomechanics.
• New chapter on footwear.
• Biomechanics section reorganized for greater ease of understanding.
• Completely rewritten chapters on circulatory disorders, rheumatology and neurology incorporate the latest work of leading clinical researchers from Britain and the United States.
• Podiatric surgery chapter completely rewritten by a UK expert.
• Other chapters revised, reorganized and rewritten to bring them up to date and enhance accessibility.
• Second colour used throughout the text.
• Redrawn colour line figures
• Colour plate section revised and expanded.

Donald L. Lorimer, BeD (Hons), MChS, DPod , Podiatrist, Formerly Head of Durham School of Podiatric Medicine,Durham, UK; Past Chairman of Council The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists; Formerly Dean of Faculty of Undergraduate Education, Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists; Joint Quality Assurance Committee Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, Chiropodists Board, UK; Gwen J. French, MChS, DPodM, Podiatrist, President International Federation of Podology and Podiatry (FIPP); Former head of Chiropody Department, Greenwich District Hospital London; Former Principal Lecturer in Podiatry, University of Westminster, UK; Maureen O'Donnell, BSc(Hons), FChS, DPodM, SRCh, Podiatrist, Senior Lecturer in Podiatry, Acting Head of Division of Podiatry, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.; J. Gordon Burrow, DPodM, BA, AdvDipEd, FChS, MPhil, Hiosh, Ilt(m), Podiatrist, Senior Lecturer, Division of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery, Glasgow Caledonian University