Opening Vignette
Each chapter opens with a vignette, written in a friendly style, highlighting a topic of popular interest relating to medicine or the human body. Each vignette touches on key chemical concepts from the chapter.
“Chemistry in Medicine”
Chapters end with a “Chemistry in Medicine” box that provides an in-depth look at a health care application, revealing how the principles covered in the chapter relate to health care problems.
Practicality and Relevance Integrated Throughout
The main text continually demonstrates the relevance of chemical principles to health care, rather than delegating this material to boxes. Students are better able to see chemistry as intrinsic to health care.
Marginal Notes
Brief notes in the margin recap information from earlier chapters, steer students away from misconceptions, or provide a relevant tidbit of information without disrupting the main text.
Model Kit Exercises
These simple exercises are a superb way for students to experience and readily understand the three-dimensional aspects of organic chemistry. A simplified model kit is available with the text on request.
Extension Boxes
The mathematics integrated in the text focuses on the basic calculations and unit conversions typically performed by a nurse or health care professional in a clinical setting. More mathematically-challenging treatments of stoichiometry and calculations involving molarity appear as optional “extension topics,” giving instructors flexibility in their quantitative coverage.
Worked Exercises
Appearing throughout the text, worked exercises show students how to solve specific types of problems. Each worked exercise is followed by a set of additional exercises that give students the chance to practice their skills or test their knowledge before proceeding to the next topic.
Media
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