Ebook Info
- Published: 2010
- Number of pages:
- Format: PDF
- File Size: 199.56 MB
- Authors: Carol Porth RN MSN PhD
Description
Designed to present students with essential concepts of disease processes and altered health states, this third edition text is ideal for both discrete and integrated pathophysiology courses. The third edition continues to build on the extremely successful art program and the ‘Understanding’ feature and has an even more robust electronic support ancillary program to make both faculty and student learning easier and more successful.
Reviews
Seriously speaking, if you’re interested in becoming a pathophysiologist, then this is the book for you. It’s a well-written book. However, it sometimes lacks clarity, and it’s verbose. That said, I was quite pleased with its content and thoroughness. I’m not one for a clunky, unwieldy magnum opus, often made up of 1,000+ pages. I opted for this book because of its online availability, using an access code. Note well: The e-search feature, on which I’m often dependent, is nonfunctional. I’m also dependent on an e-highlighting tool. Again, worthless. I contacted customer support, and this is what they said: ” … I apologize, but a persistent highlighting feature isn’t included on our website. [even though I PAID for it] VitalSource, a company that provides some of our books on their website, has a permanent highlighting system, but you would have to get access to the book on their site. If you have any additional questions … ” In other words, the producers of this book, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, have essentially passed the buck onto a company called VitalSource. Either that, or the customer service rep couldn’t be bothered. Either way, if you’re willing to put up with these inconveniences, then the content of “Essentials of Pathophysiology” is more than adequate, but if I buy a Cadillac without a heater or speedometer, the car still gets me from point A to point B, but the journey can be unnerving. Author Carol Porth, RN, MSN, PhD needs to focus on clarity. For a neophyte, the concepts are arcane as it is. Why confound the issue with superlative (sometimes useless) information? The reader is then left to decipher what is TRULY important (and make no mistake about it, what is important is indeed covered) from what is essentially … and with due respect … trivia, which is just enough to confuse rather than clarify. Everyone is a Hemingway wannabe. This book is 1,280 pages. Are these authors engaged in some unwitting contest to see who can write the most cumbersome, wordy, overwrought tome on the planet? “The Chinese have but one rule for writing – be clear.”
