Nessar Ahmed, Maureen Dawson, Chris Smith, Manchester Metropolitan University. UK and Ed Wood, University of Leeds, UK
October 2006
600 pages
500 illustrations
Pb: 0-7487-7210-3
Biology of Disease explains the scientific basis of disease, covering a range of conditions, their causes, diagnoses, and outline treatments at an appropriate level for first and second-year students following courses related to medicine. It will also be valuable to students taking foundation courses for medical school.
Modern medicine and its ancillary subjects cover a large area of knowledge and only carefully selected topics have been included, among them: infectious diseases, the immune system, transfusion and transplantation, homeostasis, toxicology, blood and cardiovascular disorders, genetic diseases, cancer, and aging.
The structure of the text will help students plan their learning and navigate their way through complex subjects: all chapters begin with clearly stated objectives and a short introduction; margin notes emphasize material worth highlighting and provide extra explanation; case studies that put theory into context and end-of-chapter questions are provided for self-testing. Each chapter is highly illustrated by simple line diagrams, light and electron micrographs, and molecular models of compounds of interest.
