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This chapter outlines analogies for several haematological conditions, such as anaemia, bleeding disorders, clots and deep vein thrombosis, leukaemia, and lymphoma. Haematological issues are usually easy to separate into one of three sources: blood cells, platelets and clotting factors, and white cells. The reader should stress the importance of the source in question during the analogy and take time to translate the analogy into medical terminology so that the patient becomes familiar with their problem.

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  1. University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Muhammad Azaan Khan & Qazi Sarem Shahab

  2. Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Gizem Ashraf

  3. Austin Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Hamza Ashraf

  4. Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Saad Ashraf & Alisha Rawal

  5. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Yusuf Hassan

  6. James Cook University, Douglas, QLD, Australia

    Imaan Ashraf

  7. Latrobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Zehra Hasimoglu

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  1. University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Muhammad Azaan Khan

  2. Monash University, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Gizem Ashraf

  3. Monash University, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Hamza Ashraf

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Khan, M.A. et al. (2022). Haematology. In: Khan, M.A., Ashraf, G., Ashraf, H. (eds) Medical Analogies for Clinician-Patient Communication. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87293-9_8

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