Health Sciences provides the essential scientific background for a range of courses related to health and sports including GCSE and GNVQ. The full-colour, richly illustrated text includes material on human physiology, anatomy and development firmly placed in a medical and vocational context.
Complementary therapies are introduced and approaches to healthy living are discussed. Learning objectives, summaries of key information, questions and a detailed glossary activate the text and make this book particularly useful for self-supported study.
The text is organised around 9 major themes. Assignments appropriate for Key Skills are spread evenly throughout the themes.
1 The Human Body
2 Movement
3 Feeding and digestion
4 Breathing
5 Coordination
6 Reproduction
7 Health decisions
8 Population
9 The Human Environment
Glossary and Index
Pamela Minett is a well-known author of books on health and child development. She is an ex-teacher with many years experience of teaching students at GCSE level.
Dr David Wayne and Dr David Rubenstein are successful authors of a number of medical texts at undergraduate level.
All three authors worked together previously on the successful book Human Form and Function published by Collins.