Editorial Review:

Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore. Serves as a textbook, laboratory procedures manual, and atlas of cell morphology. Case histories, summary charts, questions, and chapter outlines are included. Previous edition: c1997. DNLM: Hematologic Diseases--Blood Cells.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

A Thorough Text for Medical students:

From Preface:
"The third edition of this text has been designed as a thorough and concise guide to clinical hematology and fundamentals of hemostasis. The textbook is unique in its five-part format, featuring an introduction to clinical hematology and sections on the anemias, white blood cell disorders, hemostasis/thrombosis, and laboratory methods, allowing easy incorporation into block curricula. New chapters on the use of flow cytometry, the molecular diagnostic techniques in hematopathology, and an... more info

Sometimes difficult to understand, and the binding falls apart:

This book is okay for a student that is going to be guided through it step by step, but to use as a reference text I think their are probably better books out there. Harmening can get a little confusing on this topic at times, though I have heard that the 5th edition is a bit better. Also, the binding fell apart. I wrote the publisher and they said they would replace the book but only if i sent my old one in. I didn't want to loose all my notes/highliting so I am just going to deal with having the book fall... more info

Not all it could be:

This book has become almost a standard text. But it has problems. For one, the index fails to list much of what's in the book. For instance, kallikrein, an important cytokine in coagulation, is not listed in the index, though it is talked about in the text. Abbreviations are introduced without a hint of what they stand for. The complexities of hemostasis are not well-explained. And the process of clotting is not well-organized. A good editor would have helped the authors produce a better book.

Great reference book!:

When I first saw this book I got scared because of the size and weight of it, but when I finally got the courage to open it and start reading it, it surprised me! I found this book to be really good and the pictures are great and help out a lot. The case studies at the end of each chapter are really great and got me to understand more and think about the content of the chapter, which by doing that helped me to remember!! Also the last part of the book: Laboratory methods, was a great help to me both in... more info

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