Physiology and Anatomy for Nurses and Healthcare Practitioners 3E: A homeostatic approach - Couverture souple

Clancy, John; McVicar, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340967595 ISBN 13 : 9780340967591

Editeur : Hodder Arnold, 2009

Synopsis

Physiology and Anatomy for Nurses and Healthcare Practitioners An essential physiology and anatomy text that guides the reader through basic structure and function of the body systems to more complex issues of clinical disorder and healthcare practice. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The new edition of this popular text continues to present homeostasis as a dynamic concept that provides the basis for understanding health and well-being, and to recognise how failure to respond to homeostatic disturbances results in imbalances responsible for signs and symptoms of ill-health, and how healthcare interventions seek to reverse those imbalances.

 

It provides an integrated explanation of body functioning, with description of related anatomy. The book is divided into six major sections: organisation of the human body, main features and processes that must be controlled for health, the organ systems that act as homeostatic regulators, effectors of homeostatic regulation, influences on homeostasis, and case studies that place examples of ill-health and health care into the context of homeostasis.

 

This new edition has been updated and extended. New material includes:

• Overview of microbiology, and principles of infection management.
  
• Extended information on pharmacological principles, and actions of the major classes of drugs.
  
• Extended application of physiological functions in relation to specific pathologies, and examples of health care.
  
• Updates on how the Human Genome project is beginning to impact on health care.
  
• More case studies to illustrate the health carer's role as an external agent of homeostatic control.
  
• Photographs of common clinical conditions.
  
• Accompanying website www.hodderplus.co.uk/physiologyandanatomy

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Clancy is a Lecturer in Human Applied Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Andrew McVicar is a Reader the Department of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Health & Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Arnold
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0340967595
• ISBN 13: 9780340967591
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 736