Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, Fifth Edition is a condensed version of Rubin's widely acclaimed pathology text, targeted to students in allied health fields, including dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. Essentials of Rubin's Pathology has the same outline of 30 chapters as Rubin's Pathology, 10 chapters covering principles and mechanisms of pathology and 20 covering organ-specific pathology. Essentials extracts key information on pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical features of diseases and contains over 800 schematic illustrations and photographs derived from Rubin's Pathology.

A companion Website will offer the fully searchable online text, case studies, audio review questions, Podcasts, and an image bank and test generator for faculty.

Chapter 1: Cell Injury
David S. Strayer, Emanuel Rubin

Chapter 2: Inflammation
Hedwig S. Murphy

Chapter 3: Repair, Regeneration, and Fibrosis
Gregory C. Sephel, Stephen C. Woodward

Chapter 4: Immunopathology
Jeffrey S. Warren, Douglas P. Bennett, Roger J. Pomerantz

Chapter 5: Neoplasia
Antonio Giordano, Giulia De Falco, Emanuel Rubin, Raphael Rubin

Chapter 6: Developmental and Genetic Diseases
Anthony A. Killeen, Emanuel Rubin, David S. Strayer

Chapter 7: Hemodynamic Disorders
Bruce M. McManus, Michael F. Allard, Robert Yanagawa

Chapter 8: Environmental and Nutritional Pathology
David S. Strayer, Emanuel Rubin

Chapter 9: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
David A. Schwartz, Robert M. Genta, Douglas P. Bennett, Roger J. Pomerantz

Chapter 10: Blood Vessels
Avrum I. Gotlieb

Chapter 11: The Heart
Jeffrey E. Saffitz

Chapter 12: The Respiratory System
Mary Beth Beasley, William D. Travis, Emanuel Rubin

Chapter 13: The Gastrointestinal Tract
Frank A. Mitros, Emanuel Rubin

Chapter 14: The Liver and Biliary System
Raphael Rubin, Emanuel Rubin

Chapter 15: The Pancreas
Gregory Y. Lauwers, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Raphael Rubin

Chapter 16: The Kidney
J. Charles Jennette

Chapter 17: The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Reproductive System
Ivan Damjanov

Chapter 18: The Female Reproductive System
Stanley J. Robboy, Maria J. Merino, George L. Mutter

Chapter 19: The Breast
Ann D. Thor, Adeboye O. Osunkoya

Chapter 20: Hematopathology
Roland Schwarting, Steven McKenzie, Raphael Rubin

Chapter 21: The Endocrine System
Maria Merino, Martha Quezado, Emanuel Rubin, Raphael Rubin

Chapter 22: Diabetes Mellitus
Barry J. Goldstein, Serge Jabbour, Kevin Furlong

Chapter 23: The Amyloidoses
Robert Kisilevsky

Chapter 24: The Skin
Craig A. Storm, David E. Elder

Chapter 25: The Head and Neck
Bruce M. Wenig

Chapter 26: Bones and Joints
Benjamin L. Hoch, Michael J. Klein, Alan L. Schiller

Chapter 27: Skeletal Muscle
Lawrence C. Kenyon, Mark T. Curtis

Chapter 28: The Nervous System
John Q. Trojanowski, Lawrence Kenyon, Thomas W. Bouldin

Chapter 29: The Eye
Gordon K. Klintworth

Chapter 30: Cytopathology
Hormoz Ehya, Marluce Bibbo

Figure Acknowledgments
Index