The oxford illustrated companion to medicine amazonde lock stephen dunea george last john m walton john beeson paul b barondess jeremiah a . New editors and mostly new authors have produced an evolving and updated version of the oxford medical companion of 1994 the strength of the companion is some 500 signed very current reviews one to eight pages long of contemporary health topics these cover such diverse subjects as aids evidence based medicine gene therapy health care systems cytokines ethics and poverty medicine in the major countries of the world is also covered shorter entries add to the alphabetical . The oxford illustrated companion to medicine by lock stephen last john m 1926 dunea george publication date 2001 topics medicine medicine dictionaries medical publisher oxford new york oxford university press collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks americana digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english rev ed of the . The oxford illustrated companion to medicine edited by stephen lock john m last and george dunea oxford university press oxford 2001 891 pages gbp3500 isbn 0 192 62950 6. While drawing on the strengths of previous medical companions the oxford illustrated companion to medicine has been rethought and redesigned with a greater emphasis on the history ofmedicine its cultural links with the arts and music and its international nature this new edition has been completely rewritten under the auspices of the distinguished editorial team headed by stephen lock