Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions

by Jeanette Drzymkowski, Margaret Schell Frazier, Sandra J. Doty, et al.

Book Overview

Get a firm grasp of disease and disease process as it relates to your job with Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 6th Edition. Perfectly tailored to the needs to today's medical assistants, this unique text uses simple language and an abundance of learning features as it walks readers through the disease pathology of over 500 common patient conditions. This new sixth edition includes new diseases and conditions, new illustrations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323228364
• ISBN13: 9780323228367
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 976 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

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I was pleased with my order. Book was in good condition, and arrived on time.

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Human Disease and Conditions Book

The book was in a good condition and matched with its description. Also, the shipment was fast after the order was placed.

Bought it for school.

This book is great to me but my teacher says it's missing alot of information. However it is easy to read, and comprehend.

A good book not for beginners, not for pros

Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions looks and reads much like my college anatomy and physiology text with a good glossary and many colorful illustrations. It does not have pre- or post- tests, or chapter objectives or reviews. The book is easy on the eyes and easy to browse; not formatted as a crowded exhaustive reference.The book is a well organized and indexed study of the most common human diseases (Cushings syndrome is represented, pheochromocytoma is not.) The text is arranged by the human body systems. The diseases of each system are presented first with discussion of symptoms and indications, then origin and cause, then methods of diagnosis, and finally treatment The book's preface indicates it was written for "students of clinical medicine in the fields of medical assisting, medical transcription, insurance coding and other allied health programs who have had an introduction to basic anatomy and physiology of the human body and to medical terminology". I do agree there are prerequisites to the text; it is not a "home and family" reference. I am a degreed medical radiological technologist with some years of experience and wanted a quick reference to review the disease processes of some of the patients I do CTs on. The book is useful but not as complete as I would like. I will need to supplement it with an extensive, harder on the eyes and harder to browse reference.