Ruth A. Hannon
The Canadian edition of Porth Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States, 2e is the only core advanced level Pathophysiology text specifically developed for the Canadian undergraduate nursing and health professions students. Pediatric, geriatric, and pregnancy deviations are integrated throughout and highlighted with icons for easy identification. Unparalleled coverage of disease processes makes this text the most comprehensive pathophysiology text available.
Features of this Canadian edition include:
•NEW animations to strengthen student understanding of key concepts
•NEW Case Studies
•NEW Review exercises at the end of each chapter to reinforce understanding of chapter content
•NEW Canadian content:
- Healthcare statistics regarding incidence
- Cultural variations, with a focus on native population and largest immigrant populations
- Research and researchers
- Treatment and protocols and guidelines
•Updated and revised full-color art program that illustrates the clinical manifestations of diseases and disease processes
•Consistent presentations of each disease with pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and evaluation and treatment help students find the information you need quickly and easily
•Tools designed to help students succeed on the NCLEX
Key Features:
•Canadian content including incidence, cultural variations, Canadian research and statistics, Canadian guidelines and standards, and a focus on the native population.
•Case Studies and clinical situations specific to the Canadian market.
•Unparalleled coverage of disease processes makes this text the most comprehensive pathophysiology text available.
•Updated and revised full-color art program that illustrates the clinical manifestations of diseases and disease processes.
•Consistent presentations of each disease with pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and evaluation and treatment help students find the information you need quickly and easily.
•Designed with tools to help students succeed on the NCLEX.
New to this Edition:
•New animations to strengthen student understanding of key concepts.
•New Case Studies.
•NEW Revamped art program: over 600 of the illustrations in this edition are either new, or have been extensively modified. New clinical manifestation figures for selected disorders.
•NEW Review exercises found at the end of each chapter to reinforce student’s understanding of chapter content
•Content has been arranged so that concepts build on one another. Words are defined as content is presented. Concepts from physiology, biochemistry, physics, and other sciences are reviewed along the way.
•Objectives appear at the beginning of each major section in a chapter, and summaries, with a color screen behind them, are found at section endings. This “chunked” approach encourages the student to pause and review salient points.
•Key Concepts Boxes are designed to help the reader retain and utilize text information by providing a mechanism to incorporate text information into a larger conceptual unit as opposed to memorizing a string of related and unrelated facts.
•A glossary provides a reference of commonly used terms.
•Helpful lists of common suffixes and prefixes, normal laboratory values in both conventional and SI units, as well as a glossary provide students with useful references
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