Mosby's medical, nursing, and allied health dictionary
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Mosby's medical, nursing, and allied health dictionary
Mosby-Year Book, 1994
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
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Professional ISBN 9780801672255
Description
In addition to language translation guides, a tabular atlas of human anatomy and physiology, lists of leading health problems, guidelines for relating to patients from different cultures, nutrition, pediatrics, pharmacology, communicable diseases, and nursing diagnoses, this dictionary contains approximately 2,000 full-color illustrations to enhance and clarify the definitions. Over 6,000 new entries. Thumb-indexed.
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Trade ISBN 9780815161110
Description
The first medical dictionary for use in the home, school, or office to utilize color illustrations throughout, this comprehensive book contains approximately 2,000 new full-color illustrations that enhance and clarify complete definitions of disorders, procedures, and drugs. Includes 6,000 new terms representing all areas of medicine, and a full-color atlas of human anatomy and physiology.
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ISBN 9780815161134
Description
This educational and professional resource in the health sciences, includes definitions covering areas of nursing, medicine and allied health. It presents detailed definitions and pronunciations for selected entries. Observations, interventions and nursing considerations for major disease definitions are included, as well as a colour atlas of human anatomy. Most entries include etymologies to assist the reader in learning and understanding medical terminology. Thumb indexes should help readers locate entries quickly and easily. Colour illustrations are used to supplement and enhance definitions. This edition contains over 6000 new definitions and 2000 new illustrations, which illustrate anatomy, equipment, skin and eye conditions, cytology and tissue pathology.
Table of Contents
- Contents A-Z. Appendices: normal reference values
- clinical calculations
- units of measurement
- symbols and abbreviations
- medical terminology
- language translation guide - Spanish-French-English
- tabular atlas of human anatomy and physiology
- leading health problems
- assessment guides
- guidelines for relating to patients from different cultures
- nutrition
- paediatrics
- pharmacology
- health organizations
- communicable diseases
- guidelines for advance directives
- diagnosis-related groups
- DSM-III-R classification
- nursing diagnoses
- blood normal values (adult)
- urine normal values (adult)
- the UKCC Code of Professional Conduct for the Nurse, Midwife and Health Visitor (1992)
- district and regional drug services
- directory of health care organizations and voluntary groups.
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