Following an integrated approach, this book walks health professionals through related general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry topics in adjacent chapters. This approach helps them see the strong connections that exist between these three branches of chemistry. The third edition utilizes numerous real-world examples to make the concepts more relevant. Within each chapter, boxes highlight high-interest, real-life applications based on the topics being discussed. Sample problems also help health professionals build problem-solving skills as they uncover the solutions.

Each chapter of the Student Study Guide begins with a chapter review tied to the chapter goals in the text. Next. Sample problems are supplied and stepped out through the solution, for each type of problem covered in the chapter. A Self-Test serves up fill-in-the-blank exercises to assess learning, with answers supplied at the end of the chapter. Finally, chapters end with the solutions for all of the in-chapter problems, as well as for the odd-numbered end-of-chapter problems.