Main description:

2014 BMA Medical Book Awards 1st Prize Award Winner in Student Textbook category and Highly Commended in Pathology category!

Underwood's Pathology (formerly General and Systematic Pathology) is an internationally popular and highly acclaimed textbook, written and designed principally for students of medicine and the related health sciences. Pathology is presented in the context of modern cellular and molecular biology and contemporary clinical practice. After a clear introduction to basic principles, it provides comprehensive coverage of disease mechanisms and the pathology of specific disorders ordered by body system. An unrivalled collection of clinical photographs, histopathology images and graphics complement the clear, concise text.

For this sixth edition, the entire book has been revised and updated. Well liked features to assist problem-based learning - including body diagrams annotated with signs, symptoms and diseases and a separate index of common clinical problems - have been retained and refereshed.

Additional value is provided by the complementary online version - hosted on studentconsult.com - which includes the complete, fully searchable text, downloadable images, clinical case studies and a revised, interactive self-assessment section to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. This all combines to make Underwood's an unsurpassed learning package in this fascinating and most central medical specialty.

Contents:

PART 1 BASIC PATHOLOGY

1 What is pathology?

2 What is disease?

3 What causes disease?

PART 2 DISEASE MECHANISMS

4 Disorders of growth, differentiation and morphogenesis

5 Responses to cellular injury

6 Disorders of metabolism and homeostasis

7 Ischaemia, infarction and shock

8 Immunology and immunopathology

9 Inflammation

10 Carcinogenesis and neoplasia

11 Ageing and death

12 How do pathologists help patient care?

PART 3 SYSTEMATIC PATHOLOGY

13 Cardiovascular system

14 Respiratory tract

15 Alimentary system

16 Liver, biliary system and exocrine pancreas

17 Endocrine system

18 Breast

19 Female genital tract

20 Urinary and male genital tracts

21 Kidney diseases

22 Lymph nodes and extranodal lymphoid tissue, spleen and thymus

23 Blood and bone marrow

24 Skin

25 Osteoarticular and connective tissues

26 Central and peripheral nervous systems