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Understanding Pathophysiology - ANZ adaptation Judy Craft, Christopher Gordon, Adriana Tiziani. Elsevier Australia 2011 (adaptation of Understanding Pathophysiology 4th Edition by Sue Huether, Kathryn McCance, Valentina Brashers and Neal Rote). ISBN: 0729539512 and 9780729539517. Son cover (with online supplement). 1317 pages RRP: $225.00
This text is a weighty addition to an already saturated physiology and pathology textbook market. It is primarily targeted at nursing students; however, its publishers are promoting it to the Allied Health student population. This edition is an adaptation of the 4th American edition which has been 'tailored specifically for the Australian and New Zealand student' by prioritising diseases and related statistics according to prevalence and rate of incidence Down Under and devoting a chapter to indigenous health issues in Australia (disappointingly there is no such inclusion for health issues specific to Maori). There is...