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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 615.39 EAN: 9780803612488 Edition: 5 ISBN: 0803612486 Label: F. A. Davis Company Manufacturer: F. A. Davis Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 543 Publication Date: 2005-03 Publisher: F. A. Davis Company Studio: F. A. Davis Company Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices continues to set the standard for teaching and learning modern blood banking. Thorough, yet concise, the fifth edition begins with a review of basic science, plus the history of blood preservation, and continues to provide students with a working knowledge of modern blood banking as it focuses on the how and why of transfusion practice, presenting a perfect "crossmatch" of theory and practice. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent Book!Well written and easy to understand. This is probably one of the better blood banking books out there. Harmening does a good job explaing things. Rating: - Does its job pretty wellFor beginning blood bankers this is quite a valuable textbook. The topics covered are comprehensive in knowledge and fairly well organized. Like all textbooks that are written by multiple authors, some chapters are more difficult to follow than others, but I believe Mrs. Harmening did a commendable job editing the book. Overall, a very good book for students. Rating: - Good ReferenceI'm a 4th year medical student, and found this book extremely helpful during my Blood Bank rotation. It is really good at explaining the concepts behind the technical procedures. Rating: - Assistant Professor at Auburn University and SBB from the NIHThe Harmening books which span more than twenty years in the making are without question the best source of transfusion medicine practices on the market today. Content areas include genetics, molecular biology, blood groups, antibody identification, transfusion transmitted diseases, hemolytic disease of the newborn, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, etc... Contributors are experts in their field providing a wealth of knowledge to the blood banking student and transfusion medicine fellow. Every blood bank ... Read More Rating:  - Use this book as a doorstop This book is not for the beginer in blood banking. It is disjointed, confusing, difficult to comprehend, and does not flow in a logical manner. It was written by several authors, including Harmening. This probably accounts for the confusing flow. May be helpful to experienced blood bankers, but if you are a begining student trying to fathom the many intricacies of blood banking, this book will make you want to tear your hair out. Without a doubt, the worst text book I have ever read and I have a ... Read More 
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