As both a student & educator, this is by far the best patho book I've come across. It is also wonderful for review of anatomy & physiology. I love the way the chapters are sequenced with normal A & P of each system, followed by a chapter on patho related to that particular system. Gives you a picture of "this is how it ought to work" and then "this is what happens when it doesn't work properly." This book ought to be on every healthcare students bookshelf regardless of discipline.

If you want to know how fight or flight started in the microscopic detail this is your guide. This book gives you the fine detail on how parts of your body work and they start at the cellular level. Good book!!

My teacher made this book a required text for my class. I am glad that she did, because the book is very informative and goes into good enough detail for me to understand the cause and effect of a disease.

I feel the guyton pathophysiology text is much better. This text covers subjects over several chapters. For example if you look up fever you will have to go to six places to read and get the whole pathophysiology on fever. The layout does not make sense. I will be selling this text when I am done with class.

This book is full of tons of patho information. Good luck with the class. So far, so good for me.

This was a mess. The book never came; and I may have to take this class over. I hope that I can just skate by with an old book, but I have learned never to use this seller again!!! September 18, 2008 I may just be out of 1200.00 if I have to take the class over!! It gets no STARS!

Easy to read, the only thing I hate is the book is so heavy it's hard to tote around so you have to make time to read at home and not on the fly.

Great Book!! With lots of information that will aid you in your studies. Overall great resource to have!!

Great text. Easy to read, concise text. I find that skimming the chapters, graphs, tables, and reading the end of chapter summary is enough without having to read the whole chapter word for word.

This book has a CD, but if your course uses the online modules through WebCT/Blackboard, be prepared to spend an additional $60! It does NOT come with the book, unless there is a package deal somewhere, but the CD in the book is NOT what you need for the online modules through webct. The chapters are very long but the review of info at the end of the chapters are somewhat helpful. The CD inside has about 20 questions on each chapter and some animations. The Study guide would not be a wise investment if your class is using the online modules because there are extensive animations in those and information that is very easy to understand. BUT if you class in not using the online modules, it might be beneficial. But I certainly don;t have time to use my study book, with all the long chapters, and the modules online.

The text is very informative. It goes in more depth than my anatomy or physiology books have done on some subjects. I have found it is hard to read. I'm usually lucky to get through 5 pages before I fall asleep. Other books I've read are more interesting to read, but they lack the detail.

The only real complaint that I have is a few errors that I came across in the book. If you're going to spend all the time it takes to read the book, the information at least needs to be correct.

I am two weeks into my pathophysiology class and am saddened and frustrated by the level of complexity of this textbook. Each paragraph, if not each sentence, is so dense that my classmates and I are already lamenting how little we expect to learn from this class. By the time I'm walking out the door of class I've either forgotten most of the wet cement of what I've read or am hopelessly confused by the deluge of terms. Most of my classmates are pre-nursing students (I am taking this as a pre-requisite to a physical therapy PhD) and so we are highly motivated to learn. Obviously, there are students out there who need this level of detail, but even for them, who could get through seventeen hundred pages of this? Perhaps the fault lies with whomever chose this book for lowly undergrads, and for a single semester class. Professors, please take heed. Give us a book from which we can learn.

I entered a graduate level nursing class with nothing more than high school biology (that was decades ago) and was presented with the daunting task of reading the entire book. I wasn't sure about successfully completing the course until realizing that this textbook was one of the best I've ever come across. The material was well-organized and the text easy to follow. The authors made good use of tables, illustrations, photos, and the like. I really appreciated bold-faced key words in the text. Each chapter concluded with a summary and a list of key terms including page numbers. Had I used another text, I might not have gotten an "A" in the course. Thanks!

The product arrived in better condition that expected before the expected date! The product was well worth the purchase! I would definitely buy from this seller int the future.

If you are enrolled in online class you may need to also purchase an access code from the book publisher to see instruction material and tests.

This textbook is not for undergraduate students. The first chapter contains a review of cellular metabolism, & transport systems, etc. I recall in undergrad we spent WEEKS on that, not just a chapter. This is a book for someone who already has some pathophys background.

What makes a doctor different?
A doctor is different since he knows the "why" about the health problems and its solution. Anyone can recommend a pill, but the doctor knows its dynamics, hence, the way it is going to affect the body or alter the course of an illness. And this is what McCance is about: understanding the mechanisms of harm in order to make a comprehensive approach to our patients. First, you're going to read the normal physiology of each system, and then, a review of the most common clinical presentations of disease. I'm not giving the 5 stars only because the book lacks some common diseases, for which Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16/e Value Pack's pathophysiology explanations are quite accurate. All in all, this is a great book; it has to be said that I decided to buy it even if we don't have a Physiopathology course in my Med School, and it has been very helpful for integrating knowledge.

The text is modestly priced and covers a large amount of topics gracefully. The anatomy review is helpful before each subject for a quick refresher before reading the pathophysiology portions. Reads very similar to your A&P books, and organized by body system. The pictures included in the text were good, but I would not have minded more.

The book is well organized. There are plenty of pictures and diagrams which supplement the textbook. The book is very visual and colorful which makes it easier to read. It is very comprehensive and an excellent text and reference book for students in this field. I am doing my post-doc in psychopharmacology and find the book extremely helpful. Add a star if you are in the field.

Great book, much detail and very indepth. The pictures help to bring it all together.

honestly the book is only as good as the teacher makes it with corresponding lectures.

It is very informative, and labeled very well to follow and correlate regardless of the fact my instructor jumps around a bit. Picture descriptions are very good - abnormalities of ECG changes are lacking.

Would recommend it with supplemental ECG interpretation book!!

My book came in the stated timeframe, and it was in such good condition I couldn't believe it was used. No complaints whatsoever!

For the money, there is much more information than most textbooks. I have several anatomy books that I paid twice as much for and got 1/2 or 1/3 the number of pages.

Absolutely wonderful text, with really informative clear, and up to date graphics and visuals that make these difficult concepts much more clear. One of the best graduate level texts I've come across.