Diseases and Disorders: The World's Best Anatomical Charts

I'm pretty impressed with this book. So much so that I ordered another one on straight anatomy. The drawings are clear and they use color well for reference and keeping things clear and easily viewed - very useful.I find the binder format to be useful as well.While I have a bit of nursing training, we're not medical people. We're just preppers, and I think this is an excellent reference tool for that situation.

I am a medical student and purchased this for a quick reference for both information and illustrations. The information is not anywhere near enough for what I need to know but gives a good fairly detailed overview of essentials of major pathologies, and also excellent illustrations. I could look every single thing up either on line or in my textbooks, but this gives me the essentials instantly. While learning it gives me a structure to pin additional information on, and in reviewing it serves as a reminder.For the lay person it would definitely serve as an excellent resource. The information is reliable, easy to understand, all in one place, and provides excellent illustrations.For a student in college this would be an excellent companion to your text--it is a bit of an illustrated "cliff" notes for pathology.For a teacher this would be a useful spring-point for teaching and lectures.All of the pages are decent card-stock and one sided so they could easily be used as posters, and could be useful in patient education.

I searched for this book after seeing a similar one in my Dr's office. I teach a high school Medical Terminology course, which also discusses diseases and disorders.What I especially like about this book are the pictures; they are very thorough and detailed, but in a manner where my students are still able to understand and grasp the concept. Next to each picture is a written explanation, which can be somewhat advanced at times. As a result, my students do not seem to read the book, as the pictures seem suffice. In some cases, the book also shows pictures of the progression or sequence of a disease or disorder.I am also working on my masters in Biological Sciences. The explanations of the diseases and disorders help me in some of my classes.Overall, I have gotten much use out of this book and recommend it, even it you are only wanting to use it as a reference book.

This is a gorgeous book. It's like a coffee-table art book of medical information. Oversized with heavy glossy pages that are really small posters. Chock-full of really great information about each topic. Some pages might be a big wordy and people might need to put their reading glasses on to see it all. I love how each poster is different, mixing up the styles to keep it fresh and almost entertaining. I keep this in one of my exam rooms and find patients reading it all the time. I wish I had this as a medical student - it would be a perfect gift for one!

For it being used it looked really new.

Im a nurse and was hoping this would be geared at a higher level of education. Book is great for students or general public but not quite enough for what I was looking for.

Great book for those interested in anatomy and pathology, but I only gave it 3 stars because the text (words) are TINY! Get a good magnifying glass to go with this book. It looks like these may be wall charts that were reduced to book-size. I purchased this for my 13 year-old who is interested in medicine and he really liked it, dragged it to school to read and finished it in a few weeks, but even with his sharp eyes, it was difficult to read the text.

I first saw this book at my dentist's office and knew it would be a great addition to my layman's library. It's very clear and instructive so anyone can read, learn and create a better knowledge of their own body and the possible diseases. It's well printed and bound and sturdy for lots of use.

This was ordered as a Christmas gift, and the person loved it. She is interested in studying this topic in university and thought there was a good balance of illustrations with content.