With a simple approach to essential information, Rubin s Pathology: Mechanisms of Human Disease  establishes the foundation for medical training and practice and delivers the perfect balance of basic pathology and bedside perspective to confidently and efficiently equip students for clinical success.   More accessible than ever, this eighth edition emphasizes the coverage students need most disease mechanisms, integration of mechanisms into organ system pathology, and application of pathobiology to diagnostic medicine in an approachable format with systems-based instruction techniques in mind. Comprehensively revised and updated content reflects the latest approaches to pathology from global leaders in the field and ensures a clinically relevant understanding of key pathology competencies.  Comprehensively revised coverage simplifies the essentials of pathology and ensures a clinically relevant understanding of key competencies and techniques.