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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.15 EAN: 9781405136495 Edition: 5 ISBN: 1405136499 Label: Wiley-Blackwell Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 392 Publication Date: October 30, 2006 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Studio: Wiley-Blackwell Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Essential Haematology is established as the most authoritative introduction to the subject for bioscience and medical students, junior doctors, laboratory scientists and nurses. This new edition is beautifully presented, introducing the formation and function of blood cells, and diseases that arise from dysfunction and disruption of these processes. Basic science, diagnostic tests and clinical features and management are all easily explained. THE introductory text for clinical and laboratory haematology
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 Rating:  - Great BookI am a medical student in Jamaica. I have found this book to be very detailed for undergraduate studies. I think the book is clear and precise. Rating:  - Glaring error in text about mast cellsThe first thing I looked at to check on the quality of this book as an overview of hematology was the information about mast cells, a subject I know well. There is little text about these bone marrow-derived cells, but they are said to be basophils that have moved into the tissue. It has been known for at least 8 years that this is not the case, and the hematopoietic lineage of mast cells has been clearly defined for at leat 3 years. Rating:  - Someone has to write a better Heme bookThis book is average, at best. It is an easy read, but you walk away asking whether you really learned anything new. I ended up using Harrison's to study heme because I found this book very inadequate. Rating: - One of the best med school textsThis is by far amongst the best medical school texts (not incl. board review stuff) out there. The 4th ed. covers all areas of hematology in a lucid, non-verbose style. I found it easy to read assigned sections for my Heme course in a timely and efficient manner. There is a good blend of pathophysiology and biochemical mechanisms essential to understanding disease processes; however, the presentation is straightforward. The text has frequent color cartoons, images, graphs and tables, which helped ... Read More Rating: - Good Medical TextThis was my medical school textbook for a four week module on hematology. What I liked most about the book is that it only presented essential information. The absence of superfluous text allowed me the time to regularly read the assigned chapters while also studying the rest of the material for this class and other classes. I also found the book to be relatively easy to comprehend. (However, this is definitely not on the layman's level, and a good requisite knowledge of a first year medical school ... Read More 
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