Gain insight on diseases and treatment options for better patient care! Explore human diseases and disorders…from a patient’s perspective! Join the generations of students who have relied on this popular text to introduce them to common human diseases and disorders. Its concise, well-organized approach makes learning about the conditions nearly painless! Quick-reading and easy to follow, the book can help you better understand your patient’s condition and form a plan of care. And it emphasizes the condition from the perspective of the patient, so you can empathize with the patient as you’re providing care. You’ll want to keep this book long after you’ve finished your program!

This totally new and completely updated text provides clear, succinct, and basic information about common medical conditions. Diseases of the Human Body, 6th edition, is carefully designed to meet the unique educational and professional needs of health-care personnel. Te book focuses on human diseases and disorders that are frequently first diagnosed or treated in ambulatory health care. Each entry considers what the disease or disorder is, how it might be diagnosed and treated, and the likely consequences of the disease or disorder for the person experiencing it.

Chapters 1 through 7 provide a solid foundation for subsequent chapters and include:

• The Disease Process
• Integrative Medicine and Complementary Terapies
• Pain and Its Management
• Infectious and Communicable Diseases
• Cancer
• Congenital Diseases and Disorders
• Mental Health Diseases and Disorders

The remaining 10 chapters cover major conditions organized by body system. Tis pattern of organization is easily integrated with medical terminology or anatomy and physiology courses that health-care professional students often take concurrently with the study of human disease. Within each system chapter, there is an anatomy and physiology review of that system for further assistance.

Each disease condition is highlighted by means of a logical, nine-part format consisting of:

• Description
• Etiology
• Signs and Symptoms
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Treatment
• Complementary Terapy
• Client Communication
• Prognosis
• Prevention

The balance of information in each of these subsections varies according to the relative frequency and severity of the condition. In every case, the information selected is chosen to reflect the need for thorough yet concise information about the condition.

Contents

Chapter 1 The Disease Process
Chapter 2 Integrative Medicine and Complimentary Therapies
Chapter 3 Pain and Its Management
Chapter 4 Infectious and Communicable Diseases
Chapter 5 Cancer
Chapter 6 Congenital Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 7 Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 8 Skin Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 10 Nervous System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 11 Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 12 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 13 Respiratory System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 14 Digestive System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 15 Urinary System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 16 Reproductive System Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 17 Eye and Ear Diseases and Disorders
Appendix 1 Diagnostic Procedures
Appendix 2 References
Appendix 3 Abbreviations