Medical Genetics

Medical Genetics

<p>Popular for its <b>highly visual, clinical approach</b>, <i>Medical Genetics</i> delivers an accessible yet thorough understanding of this active and fast-changing field. <b>Key updates</b> in this new edition cover the latest developments which are integrated with clinical practice to emphasize the <b>central principles</b> and <b>how they apply to practice</b>. Photographs, illustrations, and tables, along with boxes containing patient/family vignettes <b>demonstrate clinical relevance</b> and <b>enhance visual impact</b> of the material for easier and more effective learning and retention. </p><ul><li>Includes <b>access to the complete text and images online</b> at studentconsult.com along with 200 additional USMLE-style questions for self-assessment.</li> <p><li>Mini-summaries, study questions, suggested reading, and a detailed glossary supplement and <b>reinforce what you learn from the text</b>.</li> <b> <p><li>More than 230 photographs</b>, illustrations, and tables, along with patient/family vignettes clarify difficult concepts and demonstrate clinical significance.</li> <b> <p><li>Clinical Commentary Boxes</b> help demonstrate how the hard science of genetics has real applications to everyday patient problems and prepare you for problem-based integrated courses.</li> </ul><ul><b><li>The latest knowledge and research</b> on gene identification, cancer genetics, gene testing and gene therapy, common disorders, ethical and social issues, and much more so you can keep up with current developments in genetics.</li><li><b>Student Consult eBook version included with purchase. </b>This<b> enhanced eBook experience </b>allows access to 200 additional USMLE questions, as well as new materials (outlined above) designed to produce a more rounded learning experience.</li></ul>