Haematology E-Book

An Illustrated Colour Text

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Hematology, General

• Author: Martin R. Howard, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Peter J Hamilton, MA, BA, BCh, FRCP, FRCPath
• ISBN: 9780702054150
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Publication: May 30, 2013
• Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
• Language: English

This textbook on haematology in the Illustrated Colour Text series is suitable for medical students, junior doctors and others needing a concise and practical introduction to the subject.

• Concise and manageable coverage of the major blood diseases and their treatment.

• Does not overload the reader with science, unlike some competing books.

• Focus is on the haematology patient and on the practical aspects of the subject.

• Makes use of the attractive features of the ICT series - double page spreads, lots of colour illustrations, summary boxes.

• Updating to take account of recenty developments in stem cell biology.

• Increased emphasis on genomic and proteomic techniques in the diagnosis of haematological malignancy.

• Use of new imaging techniques including MRI and PET.

• Description of advances in treatment of leukaemia and lymphoma and in diagnosis and management of patients with thrombophilia and venous thrombosis.

• Development of new antimicrobial agents in management of immunosuppressed patients with infection.

• New double page spread on palliative care of patients with blood disorders.

• New illustrations.