What strikes the reader is the outline of the key terms and concepts of the topic at the margin of each page throughout the textbook. Supplementing this helpful feature are the excellent figures which provide further clarity. Each chapter concludes with a set of questions. This format stimulates the reader to review and be attentive in his or her reading, or simply to investigate the answers at the end of the book. The initial five chapters deal eloquently with the basic concept of blood cell development and the anatomy of the circulatory system.
Special consideration is given to cardiac, renal, hepatic, and fetal circulation.
Pertinent physiologic aspects of the red blood cell and oxygen, carbon dioxide transport are discussed in this area. The chapter on white blood cells heralds the immunologic part of the text, which proceeds with topics such as antigen antibody and complement system. Coverage includes the major histocompatibility complex molecules for blood transfusion as well as solid organ and bone marrow transplantation. Concluding this section is succinct and pertinent information on the immune system. Subsequent chapters deal with transfusion therapy.