Ann Richards, Sharon Edwards

Essential Pathophysiology for Nursing and Healthcare Students

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the perfect quick reference or study guide for students covering disease and therapeutics as part of a nursing or other healthcare course.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open University Press
• UK ed.
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 313mm x 153mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9780335238323
• ISBN-10: 0335238327
• Artikelnr.: 41130033

Autorenporträt

Ann Richards was Senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and Associate Lecturer with the OU. Sharon Edwards is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Society and Health at Buckinghamshire New University, UK. Ann and Sharon are authors of the best-selling A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to pathophysiology and some important definitions
Chapter 2 Disease at the cellular level
Chapter 3 Genes and environment
Chapter 4 The environment of the cell
Chapter 5 The body's defence against disease - the immune system
Chapter 6 Cellular proliferation and cancer
Section 2 A systems approach
Chapter 7 Disorders of the blood and the lymphatic system
Chapter 8 Disorders of the cardiovascular system
Chapter 9 Disorders of the respiratory system
Chapter 10 The nervous system
Chapter 11 The digestive system
Chapter 12 The musculoskeletal system
Chapter 13 The endocrine system
Chapter 14 The urinary system
Chapter 15 The reproductive system
Chapter 16 The skin