Designed to present students with essential concepts of disease processes and altered health states, this third edition text is ideal for both discrete and integrated pathophysiology courses. The third edition continues to build on the extremely successful art program and the 'Understanding' feature and has an even more robust electronic support ancillary program to make both faculty and student learning easier and more successful.Features include:-Illustrations help to build mental images of the content that is being presented-Key Concept Boxes-Materials for Review include review exercises that help integrate and synthesize text materials-Summary Boxes-Tables & Charts that present complex information in a memorable and easy to grasp layout-Understanding Physiologic Process feature focuses on the physiologic processes and phenomena, presenting them in sequential chunks for easier learning