Shaz (pathology and laboratory medicine, Emory U.), Hillyer, Roshal, and Abrams present 154 brief chapters by pathology and laboratory medicine and other specialists from the US and Canada. They provide clinical and laboratory information in transfusion medicine and hemostasis for all physicians and allied health professionals who order and administer blood components and specialized factors for hemostatic abnormalities in patients, as well as those who consult and care for these patients. They cover the history, industry, and discipline of blood banking and transfusion medicine; the role of the physician in the blood center, the donation process, component manufacturing, and donor testing; the role of the transfusion service physician, transfusion testing, antigens, blood products, product modifications, specific clinical settings, transfusion reactions, therapeutic apheresis and phlebotomy, and cellular therapy and tissue banking; hemostasis, including clinical coagulation, neonatal and immune thrombocytopenia, inherited platelet function disorders, immune medicated coagulopathies, and congenital and acquired bleeding disorders; and laboratory testing of coagulation, including screening tests, assessment of disorders, tests for hypercoagulable state, and laboratory support for anticoagulation. This edition has updated and expanded information on quality and regulatory issues, blood management, cellular therapy, and coagulation and molecular testing. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)