Product Description

This long established best-selling text meets the needs of a wide range of health care professionals including nurses, nursing students, students of allied health professions & complementary therapies, paramedics and ambulance technicians.

The purpose of the book is reflected in its title, Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness. The text is written in straightforward language and is complemented by extensive clear, full-colour illustrations. Each chapter provides an explanation of:
. the normal structure and functions of the human body
. what occurs when disease or illness disrupts the normal processes.



Previous edition - WINNER! The Bookseller's Best-sellers Award for an Academic Title. Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness, 9th edition was the best-selling academic title through bookshops in 2005.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2316 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 500 pages

Customer Reviews

Anatomy & Physiology
As a nursing student I have found this book very useful for explaining diseases and how different parts of the body work. It explains each system of the body separately, explains what diseases can occur and then simply explains what the diseases are. Does not go too deep into the biochemistry side and is very good for people getting to grips with overall human physiology.
However, it may be too basic for some, but is great as a foundation text.

Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness
Excellent book for first year nursing students who are worried about understanding biology and great to help you pass your biology exams. Well worth the money.

Brilliant for those not too hot on biology!
I am a student nurse, I've just started the diploma course in Derby. At senior school it took me so long all the time to get to grips with many issues in biology lessons and I always needed things explaining so much simpler to me!! (I think my science teacher got quite fed up of me in the end actually!!) So when I began this course I was terrified of how I was going to keep up with all the 'big names' used for parts of the anatomy! Then I heard of Ross and Wilsons book about Anatomy and Phisiology, it was recommended to me by a biology lecturer who sympathised with me, she said it was a brilliant book for those who worry about biology and was so simple to understand. So there we go, I bought it and could now tell you anything you need to know about the Cardivascular System (makes me sound clever doesn't it!!!). It's fab and I would recommend it for those of you who aren't too hot on biology. It's perhaps too simple for those clever biologists but is definitely brill for others not too good at it.