The Lupus Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

While there are many excellent websites and some very good, concise overviews, very few works on this condition could be described as “comprehensive”. This substantial volume, written by a highly qualified, authoritative and experienced clinician, is an exception. The five years spent in the writing show in the depth and expertise of this text. The author is never patronising; his approach is matter-of-fact and accessible throughout, underpinned by compassion and common sense. Real-life stories are used to enhance the explanations of our current understanding of, and ability to treat, the condition.

Lupus is not a new disease, although the systemic...