“As an accompaniment to an undergraduate programme, this is an excellent text that manages to introduce all aspects of biomedical science to the reader.” (British Journal of Biomedical Science, 1 January 2013)
“Overall, Biomedical Sciences: Essential Laboratory Medicine would make a fantastic starting textbook for biomedical students. It is accessible, clinically-focused and covers all major relevant topics. (Phenotype, 28 May 2012)
As the practice of clinical medicine and the diagnosis and management of human disease becomes more complex, there is an ever greater need for well-trained, highly skilled biomedical scientists: the professionals who perform the vital laboratory tests and investigations that underpin the diagnosis of disorders and the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment.
This textbook provides a clinically focused resource that students can use at all levels of their study and career progression in biomedical science. After an overview of the anatomy and physiology of major organ systems, individual chapters cover those aspects of science that are relevant to the clinical laboratory: pathophysiology; clinical cell biology and genetics; cellular pathology; clinical chemistry; medical microbiology; clinical immunology; haematology and transfusion science, and it concludes with a chapter on professional practice.
Key Features:
- A single volume resource written specifically for biomedical science students.
- Clinically focused, covering the science that is relevant to the working laboratory.
- Clearly written and well-presented with numerous illustrations in full colour throughout.
By focusing on clinical relevance and including contributions from practising biomedical scientists, this book gives a sense of what happens at the bench in the working clinical laboratory. It will therefore prove invaluable to all students of laboratory medicine and particularly those pursuing a dedicated career in this exciting and dynamic profession.
From the Back Cover
As the practice of clinical medicine and the diagnosis and management of human disease becomes more complex, there is an ever greater need for well-trained, highly skilled biomedical scientists: the professionals who perform the vital laboratory tests and investigations that underpin the diagnosis of disorders and the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment.
This textbook provides a clinically focused resource that students can use at all levels of their study and career progression in biomedical science. After an overview of the anatomy and physiology of major organ systems, individual chapters cover those aspects of science that are relevant to the clinical laboratory: pathophysiology; clinical cell biology and genetics; cellular pathology; clinical chemistry; medical microbiology; clinical immunology; haematology and transfusion science, and it concludes with a chapter on professional practice.
Key Features:
- A single volume resource written specifically for biomedical science students.
- Clinically focused, covering the science that is relevant to the working laboratory.
- Clearly written and well-presented with numerous illustrations in full colour throughout.
By focusing on clinical relevance and including contributions from practising biomedical scientists, this book gives a sense of what happens at the bench in the working clinical laboratory. It will therefore prove invaluable to all students of laboratory medicine and particularly those pursuing a dedicated career in this exciting and dynamic profession.
About the Author
Professor Ray Iles and Dr Suzanne Docherty, School of Health & Social Sciences, Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, London, UK.
Ray Iles has experience of writing a chapter of Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine (one of the market leading textbooks for medical students) and would like to provide the same kind of core textbook for biomedical science students.
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