Publications

The Royal College of Physicians has an extensive range of publications, designed to promote the highest standards in healthcare today. We have a wide readership, which is primarily physicians and other healthcare professionals, but also includes government advisors, policy-makers and the general public.

The RCP publishes the bi-monthly journal, Clinical Medicine, plus the College Commentary and newsletters which are free of charge for our Fellows and Members.

In addition, the College publishes guidelines, working party reports and audit results.

All publications can be purchased from this website. The full A-Z publications list can be sorted by title, date published and type of publication.

• A-Z publications list

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  Hoffenberg
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  Oral feeding difficulties and dilemmas
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  Horizons in medicine 21

• Horizons in medicine volume 20
  Updates on major clinical advances
  Edited by Peter Mathieson, Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol.
• Rheumatoid arthritis
  National clinical guideline for management and treatment in adults. Developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions at the Royal College of Physicians 
• Palliative care services: meeting the needs of patients
  This working party report includes recommendations on disseminating best practice both for those with terminal illness and for those with incurable illness earlier in the disease trajectory.
• Advance care planning
  Concise guidance to good practice No.12.
  The aim of this guideline is to inform health and social care professionals on how best to manage advance care planning in clinical practice.