Overview
Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, and now in full-colour, The Renal System at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for medical students. Fully revised and updated to reflect changes to the content and assessment methods used by medical schools, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of the renal system to encapsulate all that the student needs to know. This new edition of The Renal System at a Glance : Now features new self-assessment case studies with short answer questions to increase clinical relevance and reinforce learning Includes a new chapter 'Chronic kidney disease and kidney disease in the elderly' Now includes the latest guidelines and classifications for chronic kidney disease and hypertension Contains full-colour artwork throughout, making the subject even easier to understand The companion site at www.ataglanceseries.com/renalsystem contains multiple choice questions (MCQs) and full feedback on your answers It's an invaluable resource for all medical students, junior doctors, and for those training in allied health professions, including specialist nurses working on renal or intensive care wards. Review of the previous edition ""Students in their pre-clinical years will find this book an excellent and thorough introduction to the renal system and may well struggle without a book of this calibre...This is a book that should be on the bookshelf of all medical students, there's no excuse not to have a copy! In addition, undergraduates from life science/health allied disciplines and clinicians are likely to find this book useful as a source of reference."" - GKT Gazette , September 2006
Full Product Details
Author: Chris O'Callaghan
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.80cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 27.70cm
Weight: 0.394kg
ISBN: 9781405184724
ISBN 10: 1405184728
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 18 September 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This is an excellent book with clear easy to follow literature. It provides the student with the opportunity to understand the key relevant issues that encompass renal medicine. (Karen Nagalingam, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire)
Author Information
Chris O'Callaghan , Reader and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Nuffield Department of Medicine, and Oxford Kidney Unit, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals, Oxford, UK
