by Dr Harvey Marcovitch (Editor)
The forty-first edition gives over 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts accompanied by appendices on important subjects such as Health Economics, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Common Medical Tests and an address list of support and professional organisations. All material has been checked and updated with new and substantially revised entries on: abortion, anaesthetics, assisted conception, breast screening, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), clinical guidelines, clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, general practice, Gulf War syndrome, menopause, psychosomatic medicine.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 848
Edition: 41
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 29 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0713661461
ISBN 13: 9780713661460
Book Overview: quick and easy medical reference for the home and workplace substantially revised - over 50% of entries rewritten includes 16 pages of colour an invaluable authoritative, encyclopaedic dictionary in one handy volume over 1.2 million copies sold