Blood Cells: A Practical Guide - Hardcover

Bain, Barbara Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039744558X ISBN 13: 9780397445585

Publisher: Mosby, 1989

Synopsis

A comprehensive explanation of the preparation and interpretation of blood films and blood counts. Designed to be used in the laboratory, special emphasis is placed on morphology and normal and abnormal characteristics are fully illustrated with colour photographs and explanatory line-drawings.

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Review:

"This book provides a comprehensive guide for the diagnostic clinical haematology laboratory. Much of this material is hard to find elsewhere. The piece de resistance/tour de force of this clearly written book is morphology, the forgotten art of haematology.

The reader will find many pearls of wisdom scattered throughout the text. These nuances and practical tips are not usually in standard textbooks but are passed on from master to student in the course of patient care by doing, not reading.

Dr Bain′s measure of success for her book was to send ′the reader back to the microscope with renewed interest and enthusiasm′. With this third edition of a gem of a text, she has succeeded brilliantly. This book will find a useful place on the bookshelf right above the haematologist′s trusty microscope."
British Journal of Haematology

"should be considered an essential part of every haematology library. It is relevant to the needs of both scientific and clinical haematologists and many workers may wish to own their own copy."
British Journal of Biomedical Science

"With some 300 high quality colour plates, this book contains all that is required to aid the identification of the most common, to the most obscure, blood cell features that a haematology laboratory is likely to encounter... It is highly recommended."
Coulter Pathway

From the Back Cover:

This volume is a text–atlas designed for haematologists, pathologists and laboratory staff in training and in practice. The first edition was published by Times Mirror, and sold 3000 copies. This edition is changed substantially in that the chapters on technical aspects which originally introduced the book are now integrated into consistent sections to cover what the disease is, what films to obtain, which counts to do, differential diagnosis, and which further tests should now be performed. In integrating and shortening the technical material and eliminating "simpler" material covering normal ranges and typical blood counts, the author brings a stronger clinical emphasis to the book, gives a 20% increase in the text, with 5–10% more pictures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 039744558X
• ISBN 13: 9780397445585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322