Have you ever wondered how vital laboratory medicine is?

Do you know how it works when diagnosing many diseases?

This book seeks to explain it to you in a simple and concise way!

Clinical laboratories play a significant role in gaining crucial information about a patient's health and how their illness will be treated. As these labs increase in size so too does the job opportunities they provide, even with the increase in technology and the rise of robotics that are performing many tasks. This book sets out to give the reader an overview of this important area of medical science.

Inside the pages of Lab Values: Exploring Laboratory Medicine and its Importance in the Diagnosis of Diseases, you will find chapters that cover:

The history of pathology

The importance of lab equipment

Questions to ask your doctor before a test

Medical testing phases

How cancer is detected in lab tests

Options for drug and alcohol testing

Cardiac stress tests

And much more...

The list of tests that can be carried out in a clinical laboratory in the modern age is almost limitless. The abilities also come alongside renewed hope for cures for some of the deadliest diseases known and offer patients a variety of different options for their care.

Lab Values is a book that will provide you will an overview of this important area and how it is improving patient care worldwide.