Medical Sciences
  1. 832 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Medical Sciences was the first fully integrated textbook designed to bridge the gaps between school-level biosciences and the early years of medical school, and to demonstrate through context the relevance of the medical sciences to clinical practice. Building on the great success of the first two editions, this fully updated and augmented market-leading title is now in its third edition. Register your StudentConsult PIN for access to the e-book and its new contents.

  • Clear, integrated approach to contextualising the medical sciences in their clinical application.
  • Highly illustrated.
  • Accessible, readable writing.
  • e-only chapters which animate difficult concepts
  • The physiology of psychological disorders.
  • Expanded genetics chapter to include recent developments in genomics.
  • Pathology and immunology chapter thoroughly updated.
  • Many chapters updated with new full-colour illustrations.

Videos online:

  • The nervous system
  • The cardiovascular system: the heart
  • The cardiovascular system: heart block
  • The renal system

Self-test questions (SBA) online in:

  • Cardiology
  • Neurology
  • Renal system

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Yes, you can access Medical Sciences by Jeannette Naish, Denise Syndercombe Court, Jeannette Naish,Denise Syndercombe Court in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Internal Medicine & Diagnosis. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780702073380

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Videos
  6. Preface
  7. Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Dedication
  10. 1 Introduction and homeostasis
  11. 2 Biochemistry and cell biology
  12. 3 Energy metabolism
  13. 4 Pharmacology
  14. 5 Human genetics
  15. 6 Infection, immunology and pathology
  16. 7 Epidemiology: science for the art of medicine
  17. 8 The nervous system
  18. 9 Bone, muscle, skin and connective tissue
  19. 10 Endocrinology and the reproductive system
  20. 11 The cardiovascular system
  21. 12 Haematology
  22. 13 The respiratory system
  23. 14 The renal system
  24. 15 The alimentary system
  25. 16 Diet and nutrition
  26. Index