The fifth edition of this superbly written book has been fully updated with the help of an excellent teacher of Respiratory Medicine, Stephan J Bourke. The concise text and the addition of x-rays makes this edition even more useful to those medical students, specialist nurses and junior doctors who require a thorough grounding in respiratory diseases and their management. The book retains Brewis's beautiful original cartoons. Reviews of previous editions have established this book as the best of its kind.