New books received this week
Oral rehabilitation: a case-based approach. / Iven Klineberg, Diana Kingston (ed). Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
This book provides a structured approach to decision-making and case design in oral rehabilitation, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary support for prosthodontics. Its format is based around clinical cases that demonstrate from simple to complex actual patient cases, demonstrating the formal process by which a diagnosis and treatment plan is reached.
Human physiology: from cells to systems. / Lauralee Sherwood. 7th ed., Belmont,CA: Brooks/Cole, 2013.
Organized around the central theme of homeostasis - how the body meets changing demands while maintaining the internal constancy necessary for all cells and organs to function - this text helps you understand how each component of the course depends on the others and appreciate the integrated functioning of the human body.