Harvey Marcovitch

Black's Medical Dictionary (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Black's Medical Dictionary has been the best-selling medical dictionary for over 100 years. It is invaluable as a home reference and for all who need clear explanation of medical terms: nurses, health care professionals and students, health service management, actuaries, lawyers and journalists.

It contains over 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts with over 1000 diagrams, drawings and colour illustrations. It also provides helpful appendices on common medical tests and procedures, travel and health, measurements in medicine, health economics, complementary and alternative medicine, and an address list of support professional organisations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 776
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472943088
• Artikelnr.: 48803694

Autorenporträt

Editor Dr. Harvey Marcovitch was a consultant paediatrician for 25 years. He edited Europe's premier paediatric scientific journal, Archives of Disease in Childhood, and is now syndication editor for BMJ Publications. He is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Oxford University and an associate member of the General Medical Council.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Preface vii
Dictionary 1-732
APPENDICES
1 Basic first aid 733
2 Addresses: sources of information, advice, support and self-help 737
3 Travel and health 745
4 Common medical tests and procedures 747
5 Vitamins 751
6 Measurements in medicine 754
7 Statutory organisations 757
8 Professional organisations 760
9 Health-policy research organisations 763
10 Note on 'Swine flu' 765