Product Description

Blood Cells has been written with both the practising haematologist and the trainee in mind. It aims to provide a guide for use in the diagnostic haematology laboratory, covering methods of collection of blood specimens, blood film preparation and staining, the principles of manual and automated blood counts and the assessment of the morphological features of blood cells. The practising haematologist should find this book sufficiently comprehensive to be a reference source while, at the same time, the trainee haematologist and biomedical scientist should find it a straightforward and practical bench manual.

Enables both the haematologist and laboratory scientist to identify blood cell features, from the most common to the more obscure

• Provides essential information on methods of collection, blood film preparation and staining, together with the principles of manual and automated blood counts
  
• Completely revised and updated, incorporating much newly published information: now includes advice on further tests when a specific diagnosis is suspected
  
• Four hundred high quality photographs to aid with blood cell identification
  
• Highlights the purpose and clinical relevance of haematology laboratory tests throughout

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #355102 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 488 pages

Review
"You can′t get much better than this book. Get it and chain it to your bookshelf. An unchained copy is guaranteed to "walk" –– this book is that good."
Doody Enterprises Inc

"It is indeed a practical and excellent guide, which will be a very relevant resource and contribute to setting the standard in daily practice and training of haematology for many years to come."
European Journal of Haematology

From the Back Cover
Blood Cells has been written with both the practising haematologist and the trainee in mind. It aims to provide a guide for use in the diagnostic haematology laboratory, covering methods of collection of blood specimens, blood film preparation and staining, the principles of manual and automated blood counts and the assessment of the morphological features of blood cells. The practising haematologist should find this book sufficiently comprehensive to be a reference source while, at the same time, the trainee haematologist and biomedical scientist should find it a straightforward and practical bench manual.

Enables both the haematologist and laboratory scientist to identify blood cell features, from the most common to the more obscure

• Provides essential information on methods of collection, blood film preparation and staining, together with the principles of manual and automated blood counts


• Completely revised and updated, incorporating much newly published information: now includes advice on further tests when a specific diagnosis is suspected


• Four hundred high quality photographs to aid with blood cell identification


• Highlights the purpose and clinical relevance of haematology laboratory tests throughout

About the Author
Professor Bain′s research interests are ethnic and other biological differences in haematological variables and cytogenetics in relation to haematological malignancy. She has a major interest in teaching, both undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as in the development of teaching resources such as videos, slide sets, websites and CD–ROMs and the development of teaching courses for haematologists, haematology trainees haematopathologists, medical laboratory scientists and cytogeneticists. Amongst other collaborations with experts in the field, she has devised the WHO classification of tumours of the lymphoid haemopoietic systems.

Customer Reviews

a classic updated
This updated version of Barbara Bain's classic book, is a must for anyone starting a career in Haematology.
This is a bible for morphology in haematology as you start your career and can be added to with her bone marrow pathology etc. at a later stage.
The expanded sections on immunophenotyping are very useful; however if you've got an old edition of her work I don't think it's worth the money to upgrade, as the majority of the book is very similar.
An excellent book that should be on every haematologists' shelf.

Essential
Dr Bain's tomes remain essential to all those wishing to choose a career in Haematology . There is a sense of logic about her chapters , and her writing , of what may be regarded as a dry subject by some , is skilled enough to keep you interested .
This latest update should be present in every Haem lab throughout the country .

Interesting book
This book should be considered the textbook of haematologists. Very nice pictures and interesting issues.