Product Description

COMMENDED IN THE BASIC AND CLINICAL MEDICINE CATEGORY IN THE BMA 2006 MEDICAL BOOK COMPETITION!

Physiology's classic text continues to uphold its rich tradition-presenting key physiology concepts in a remarkably clear and engaging manner. Guyton & Hall's Textbook of Medical Physiology covers all of the major systems in the human body, while emphasizing system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology. This very readable, easy-to-follow, and thoroughly updated, 11th Edition features short chapters, clinical vignettes, and shaded summary tables that allow for easy comprehension of the material. Purchasers also receive access to Elsevier's innovative STUDENT CONSULT website-an interactive learning platform offering the full text online, integration links to related material in other STUDENT CONSULT titles, image banks, PDA downloads, test banks, a community center, and much more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28587 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1104 pages

The New England Journal of Medicine, review of previous edition.
"Medical students prefer Guyton's textbook to others... it has the consistent style of a traditional... textbook that maintains students' interest through clinical relevance... Excellent."

About the Author
Dr. John E. Hall DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND B 2500 N STATE ST JACKSON, MS 39216 601-984-1810 jehall@physiology.umsmed.edu

Customer Reviews

Best physiology book currently on the market
Guyton's review of Medical Physiology remains in my opinion the the best written of the all the phyiology texts. This is definitely a book to be read as the rambling prose can sometimes make it difficult to find individual facts in the text, however by this means compreshensive reading and understanding are encouraged. The detail of the text is easily enough for most medical courses, although the detail in certain sections does show bias towards Professor Guyton's personal interests, and I found the gastrointestinal section somewhat less detailed than comparable texts (e.g. Ganong), while the CV is huge detailing many physiological components of disease processes. The only possible complaint, is that the style of the book looks a little dated and the diagrams are generally inadequate and often need support from a better illustrated text.

Excellent reference text...
First impressions of this well established text were that it would be difficult to read - there's not much colour, no photos and large bodies of text. However, all the information is there and it is pretty easy to understand. It probably isn't the book I'd go to for a quick look-up but as an authoritative reference text it is excellent.

Amazing and useful
This book is great. It has all and even more than you need for your exams. There are references at the end of each chapter so you can find more useful books about a particular subject. There are lots additional things from different subjects (biochemestry, anatomy, biology) in case you have forgotten something. The text is simple and easy to read. If you like physiology the you can read this book as a novel.