Essentials of human diseases and conditions /
Margaret Schell Frazier, Jeanette Wist Drzymkowski.
- 4th edition
- St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.
- xviii, 839 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Contents
Chapter 1: Mechanisms of disease, diagnosis, and treatment -- pathology at first glance Mechanisms of disease Patient teaching
Chapter 2: Developmental, congenital, and childhood diseases and disorders -- Developmental and congenital disorders Developmental characteristic and congenital anomalies Childhood diseases
Chapter 3: Immunologic diseases and conditions -- Orderly function of the immune system immunodeficiency diseases Autoimmune diseases
chapter 4: Diseases and conditions of the endocrine system -- Orderly function of the endocrine system
Chapter 5: Diseases and disorders of the eye and ear -- Disorders of the eye Disorders of the ear
Chapter 6: Diseases and conditions of the integumentary system -- Orderly functioning of the integumentary system
Chapter 7: Diseases and conditions of the musculoskeletal system -- The musculoskeletal system
Chapter 8: Diseases and conditions of the digestive system -- Orderly function of the digestive system
Chapter 9: Diseases and conditions of the respiratory system -- Orderly function of the respiratory system
Chapter 10: Diseases and conditions of the circulatory system -- Orderly function of the circulatory system
Chapter 11: Diseases and conditions of the urinary system -- Orderly function of the urinary system
Chapter 12: Diseases and conditions of the reproductive system -- The normally functioning reproductive systems
Chapter 13: Neurological diseases and conditions -- Orderly function of the nervous system
Chapter 14: Mental disorders -- Mental wellness and mental illness
Chapter 15: Disorders and conditions resulting from trauma -- Trauma
App. I. Common laboratory and diagnostic tests -- App. II. Pharmacology -- App. III. Resource agencies.