Medical Cell Biology [Paperback]

Steven R. Goodman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 039758427X | ISBN-13: 978-0397584277 | Publication Date: December 5, 1997 | Edition: Second

The thoroughly revised, updated Second Edition of Medical Cell Biology is the only textbook that fully meets the content requirement of the cell biology portion of the new U.S./Canadian Curriculum in the Anatomical Sciences. In 352 pages, the book provides all the information a medical student needs to practice modern medicine and perform well on Board exams.All chapters of this edition have been updated to meet current curriculum requirements, and the chapter on cell motility has been completely rewritten. Each chapter opens with a new clinical case prepared by Betty S. Pace, MD, for the Second Edition, and concludes with the diagnosis and a discussion of the disease. National Board Part I type questions appear at the end of each chapter, and answers are given at the end of the book. A computer disk with over 200 Board type questions, answers, and explanations comes with the book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second edition (December 5, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039758427X
• ISBN-13: 978-0397584277
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,183,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Try but No Cigar, April 23, 2000

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Jane Harper "postmodern Catholic, PhD, NP" (Carbondale, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medical Cell Biology (Paperback)

The authors of this text say that their aim was to provide, in an affordable text of 300 pages, all the information a medical student needs about cellular biology. They've done a fair job of it, but I think they're confused about where in the curriculum it belongs.

The text actually runs to a bit over 300 pages. It is divided into only 9 chapters; and each chapter contains a variable number of sections. Unfortunately, the chapters are uneven in terms of quality and quantity of content. Cell signaling, for instance, is given fairly short shrift, while the mechanics of transcription, translation, and protein assembly go on forever. In addition, the authors don't seem to have a solid idea of the background of their hypothetical medical student audience: they assume the reader knows the difference between the 3' and 5' ends of polymerized nucleic acids, but isn't already familiar with the citric acid cycle. This is a bit reflective, I suppose, of the wide variance in science preparation among medical students, where on the one hand you have biochemistry majors, and on the other journalism graduates with a bare minimum of science.

Another problem concerns the enclosed disk, which does not contain all the necessary files for installation (the missing ones must be downloaded from the publisher's website). Unlike the electronic component of many basic science texts, this disk, once installed, contains only drill-and-practice mock National Board questions, without any electronic enhancement of content.

All things concerned, an A for effort, but a C- for outcome.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage!!, October 15, 2000

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Isaac Madison (Macau) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medical Cell Biology (Paperback)

I own this book. It's a waste of money since it's really an "introduction" to cell biology. All the data contained are superficial and aberrant from medical course.