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"Fully updated and expanded, the Fourth Edition of this famous, best-selling text, integrates concepts and clinical content throughout, accenting assessment and management in nursing practice. The biophysical and psycho-social concepts underlying health and illness are explored in the opening units in chapters dealing with: the nursing process, patient education, homeostatic mechanisms, fluid and electrolyte balance, nutritional considerations in health, immunology and psycho-social needs associated with stress and illness. These concepts are then applied to the clinical material related to the management of various patient populations with different physiologic dysfunctions. Physiology and pathophysiology have been expanded, offering an overview of normal function and providing an understanding deviations from normal." - from 'The Canadian Nurse', Vol. 76. [ description & image provided by booklars ]