Combines comprehensive medical information with full-color anatomic illustrations to give the necessary knowledge and skills to handle any case involving complex medical issues. Provides knowledge necessary to clearly communicate with opposing counsel, judges, and juries on such important matters as physical injuries, disorders, diseases, and impairments. Up-to-date information on normal anatomy and physiology; birth, growth, and aging; diagnostic procedures; treatment procedures; traumatic injuries; and mental and physical disorders. Covers diagnosis using imaging, lab tests, biopsies, and other techniques; and treatments involving surgery, drugs, radiation, and other procedures.

• Over 600 striking, full-color illustrations for reference, reproduction, mark-up, or enlargement
• Jargon-free medical/legal/graphic resources that provide the basis needed to understand even complicated medical subjects
• Complete up-to-date information and illustration on the normal anatomy and physiology of the human body
• Covers all medical considerations and complications of a condition or procedure
• Conditions and procedures are cross-referenced with relevant full-color illustrations
• Provides critical medical insight on matters that complicate a condition, affect long-term prognosis, or have special significance
• Advice for determining the likelihood that a medical disorder is severe enough to justify a lawsuit