Medical Physiology: A Systems Approach

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A concise, clinically oriented overview of physiology Medical Physiology: A Systems Approach offers a succinct yet thorough overview of physiology along with an introduction to basic science principles and their relevance to the clinical expression of disease. The book reflects medical education's increased emphasis on providing students with more clinically oriented content during their first two years of medical school and the importance of the essential concepts of pathophysiology. Focused and clearly written, Medical Physiology: A Systems Approach details the major physiological processes involved in both health and disease. Each chapter begins with a list of Objectives, includes Key Concepts, and ends with Study Questions designed to test your knowledge of major concepts covered in that chapter. Most chapters also include Clinical Correlations that reinforce the major physiological principles covered and illustrate their importance to understanding disease states. Hershel Raff from MCW Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Physiology, is Director of the Endocrine Research Laboratory at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, and is the co-author on the Vander Higher Education textbook, which is the leading Human Physiology text at that level. He has received numerous awards including the Beckman Basic Science Teaching Award, the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Graduate School, and MCW's Outstanding Medical Student Teachers award. He was elected to AOA and is Chair of the Publications Committee of the American Physiological Society. Michael Levitzky from LSU Department of Physiology and is the Director of Basic Science Curriculum. He has received numerous awards including Outstanding Professor in Medicine in 2006 and 2007, selected by Senior Class of 2007 to participate in Pre-Commencement Hooding Ceremony, and is listed in the Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, American Men and Women of Science, and the Dictionary of International Biography. Levitzky is currently a Teaching Section Liaison to the Education Committee, at the American Physiological Society and in 2003 was the Chair of the Arthur C. Guyton Teacher of the Year Award, Committee, at the American Physiological Society.