Inflammatory Arthritis in Clinical Practice

David L Scott is Professor of Clinical Rheumatology at King's College School of Medicine, London, UK. He also leads the clinical service at King's College Hospital, London. His medical training was in Leeds, and he was introduced to rheumatology by working with Professor Verna Wright. He subsequently spent some years in Birmingham, completing research training for his MD with Professor Kenneth Walton and Professor Paul Bacon. He was an ARC and Wellcome Trust travelling fellow in the US and Europe and subsequently held the Muir Hambro Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians. His research focuses on the treatment and outcome of arthritis, and he has written over 250 papers and been involved in 25 books in the field. He spent 5 years as editor of Rheumatology and is currently honorary Heberden Librarian at the British Society for Rheumatology. He is involved with many patient groups including Arthritis Care and the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance. He also serves on the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board of the Department of Work and Pensions.

Rheumatoid arthritis.- Spondyloarthropathies.- Symptomatic drug treatment.- Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.- Biologics in rheumatoid arthritis.- Systemic and local steroids.- Non-pharmacological therapy.