Main description:

This fully-revised edition of Haematology is written in an approachable style that focuses on improving understanding and encourages students to think around the subject.

The numerous illustrations and defined learning objectives are designed to aid effective learning, while the many 'fast facts' boxes broaden the interest and perspective of the material. Further reading lists and website information guide students to more detailed coverage if required.

This book will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of haematology, as well as medical students and those embarking on higher professional qualifications.

From reviews:

'...This haematology textbook seems to achieve the impossible: it is short in length, broad in scope and yet does not restrict itself to basic facts. Its other great strength is an extremely readable, clear and consistent prose. This makes it stand out from textbooks compiled by editors but where different authors contribute each chapter...'

Royal College of Pathologists Bulletin number 157, January 2012

Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Content of the blood

2. Haemopoiesis

3. Anaemia

4. Disorders of iron metabolism

5. Megaloblastic anaemias

6. Inherited disorders of haemoglobin

7. Disorders of red cell survival

8. Disorders of red cell metabolism

9. Non-malignant leucocyte disorders

10. Haematological malignancies

11. Acute leukaemias

12. Chronic leukaemias

13. The myelodysplastic syndromes

14. The chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms

15. The lymphomas

16. Myeloma and related disorders

17. Bone marrow failure

18. Overview of haemostasis

19. Bleeding disorders

20. Thrombotic disorders

Answers to self-assessment questions

Index