Diseases of bone are among the most common in the world. Rarely do they kill but they cause serious morbidity. As in all diseases, understanding the biology of tissues and changes that occur in diseased states is fundamental to patient management. For some time there has been a need for a book that summarises a “state of the art” understanding of bone biology. This book is designed to fill this niche.

The book follows the usual structure of such works, in that it is multi-authored and edited in a …