Pathology

This book contains a concise text of clinically orientated general pathology. Each chapter ends with appropriate self-assessment material including case histories, specifically designed to be of maximum benefit to the student during self-directed learning and examination preparation. Only the core of the subject is covered in a concise way ideal for both learning afresh and examination review. Diagrams are simple and memorable so that the student is able to reproduce them in examinations. This is a volume in the Churchill's Mastery of Medicine series - a major new series for medical students. For the above average student this text will be a valuable learning and review book going alongside the major textbooks. For the less able it will be ideal as the sole book to define the essential core of the subject and to ensure that it is understood by use of the self-assessment material. Features: * Concise synoptic text for rapid study and revision * Appropriate self-assessment material to allow for self-directed learning, tests both knowledge and understanding * Integrates basic science with clinical medicine * Provides ?bridges? for lateral integration to other related subjects, i. e. Microbiology * Covers the essential core of the subject -- students don?t have to worry about what chapters to revise for exams * Part of a co-ordinated series