Written by a team of medical experts, this market-leading, two colour, illustrated dictionary contains 12,400 authoritative entries covering all aspects of medical science. The text has been fully revised and updated for this new edition to reflect the very latest in medical knowledge and practice. Entries are accessible and jargon-free and are complemented by over 145 illustrations and diagrams.
This brand new edition includes over 450 new entries and features up-to-date coverage of public health medicine and general practice, drugs and pharmacology, endocrinology (particularly diabetology) and cardiology, amongst other specialist areas. Recommended web links are provided for many entries, accessible and kept up to date via a companion webpage and appendices have been expanded to include units of alcohol and the calculation of alcohol by volume and a table of inherited medical conditions.
Selling over 800,000 copies in previous editions, this is an essential A-Z for students and those working in the medical and allied professions, including nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, social workers, hospital administrators and medical secretaries. It is also an invaluable home reference guide for the general reader.
Book Features:
- More than 12,400 authoritative and accessible entries on all aspects of medical science
- Fully updated for this new edition – with expanded coverage of areas including public health medicine and general practice, drugs and pharmacology, endocrinology (particularly diabetology) and cardiology
- More than 145 illustrations accompany the A-Z entries
- Recommended web links for many entries, accessed and kept up to date via a companion webpage
- Useful appendices include SI units, units of alcohol, abbreviations and symbols used in medical notes and records and inherited medical conditions
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Credits
- Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
- Appendix 1: SI Units
- Appendix 2: Biochemical reference values for blood
- Appendix 3: Biochemical reference values for urine
- Appendix 4: Biochemical reference values for faeces
- Appendix 5: Biochemical reference values for cerebrospinal fluid
- Appendix 6: Haematological reference values
- Appendix 7: Paediatric reference values
- Appendix 8: Medical certificates
- Appendix 9: Doctors’ training grades
- Appendix 10: Inherited medical conditions
- Appendix 11: Units of alcohol
- Appendix 12: Baby milk formulas
- Appendix 13: Street names for illicit drugs
- Appendix 14: Online medical resources
- Appendix 15: Abbreviations and symbols
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