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Gain insight on diseases and treatment options for better patient care!

Explore human diseases and disorders...from a patient's perspective!

Join the generations of students who have relied on this popular text to introduce them to common human diseases and disorders. Its concise, well-organized approach makes learning about the conditions nearly painless! You'll better understand your patient's condition and more easily form a plan of care. And it emphasizes the condition from the perspective of the patient, so you can empathize with the patient as you're providing care. You'll want to keep this book long after you've finished your program!

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Contents:

1. The Disease Process
2. Integrative Medicine and Complementary Therapies
3. Pain and Its Management
4. Infectious and Communicable Diseases
5. Cancer
6. Congenital Diseases and Disorders
7. Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
8. Skin Diseases and Disorders
9. Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders
10. Nervous System Diseases and Disorders
11. Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders
12. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System Diseases and Disorders
13. Respiratory System Diseases and Disorders
14. Digestive System Diseases and Disorders
15. Urinary System Diseases and Disorders
16. Reproductive System Diseases and Disorders
17. Eye and Ear Diseases and Disorders
Appendix 1. Diagnostic Procedures
Appendix 2. Abbreviations
Glossary