The highly acclaimed foundation textbook Rubin's Pathology: Clinicopathologic Foundations of Medicine, now in its sixth edition, provides medical students with a lucid discussion of basic disease processes and their effects on cells, organs, and people. The streamlined coverage includes only what medical students need to know and provides clinical application of the chapter concepts. Icons signal discussions of pathogenesis, pathology, epidemiology, etiological factors, and clinical features. Rubin's Pathology is liberally illustrated with full-color graphic illustrations, gross pathology photos, and micrographs. The sixth edition is completely updated with expanded and revised context. A suite of exciting online tools for students includes a fully searchable e-text with all images, 140 interactive case studies, 1500 audio review questions, summary podcast lectures, and a selection of mobile flash cards for iPhone, iPod, and BlackBerry from the new Rubin's Pathology Mobile Flash Cards. Resources for faculty include a 600 question test generator and chapter outlines and objectives.
Key Features
- Provides faculty resources via thePoint, from a 600-question test generator to chapter outlines and objectives.
Takes a clinical approach to pathology with streamlined coverage and an engaging style that appeals to medical students. - Features a unique two-part organization, with 10 chapters on principles of pathology and 19 chapters on individual organ systems and/or diseases affecting multiple system.
New to this edition
- NEW: Features thoroughly revised coverage including a completely brand new chapter on the Central Nervous System, extensively revised and expanded chapter on Neoplasia, an easy-to-navigate design, and 20% new line drawings, micrographs, and gross pathology images (1400 in total).
- NEW: Delivers more online resources than any other pathology textbook on the market, including the fully searchable e-text with all images, 140 interactive case studies, 1500 audio review questions, summary podcast lectures, and a selection of mobile flash cards for iPhone, iPod, and BlackBerry from the new Rubin's Pathology Flash Cards (complete electronic flash card set sold separately in print + mobile format or in mobile app only).
Contents
- Chapter 1: Cell Injury
- Chapter 2: Inflammation
- Chapter 3: Repair, Regeneration, and Fibrosis
- Chapter 4: Immunopathology
- Chapter 5: Neoplasia
- Chapter 6: Developmental and Genetic Diseases
- Chapter 7: Hemodynamic Disorders
- Chapter 8: Environmental and Nutritional Pathology
- Chapter 9: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
- Chapter 10: Blood Vessels
- Chapter 11: The Heart
- Chapter 12: The Respiratory System
- Chapter 13: The Gastrointestinal Tract
- Chapter 14: The Liver and Biliary System
- Chapter 15: The Pancreas
- Chapter 16: The Kidney
- Chapter 17: The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Reproductive System
- Chapter 18: The Female Reproductive System
- Chapter 19: The Breast
- Chapter 20: Hematopathology
- Chapter 21: The Endocrine System
- Chapter 22: Diabetes Mellitus
- Chapter 23: The Amyloidoses
- Chapter 24: The Skin
- Chapter 25: The Head and Neck
- Chapter 26: Bones and Joints
- Chapter 27: Skeletal Muscle
- Chapter 28: The Nervous System: Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System
- Chapter 29: The Eye
Product Details
- Hardcover: 1464 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Sixth, North American Edition edition (March 29, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1605479683
- ISBN-13: 978-1605479682
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 2.1 inches
List Price: $124.95