Black's Medical Dictionary: 42nd Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713689021 ISBN 13: 9780713689020

Publisher: A&C Black, 2009

Synopsis

The new edition of the acclaimed medical dictionary which has been a bestseller for more than one hundred years.

Containing more than five thousand definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts, with more than one thousand diagrams, drawings, and color illustrations—and 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 professional support organizations—Black’s Medical Dictionary is invaluable as a home reference, or for all who need the finest in medical information, from health-care professionals and students to lawyers and journalists. This new edition contains the latest information on such areas as endoscopy and laparoscopy (the widely used types of keyhole surgery), coronary angioplasty, stem cell research, HPV vaccine (now given to all young girls to prevent against cervical cancer) and monoclonal antibodies, the designer drugs of the future.

About this title

About the Author

Harvey Marcovitch was a consultant pediatrician for twenty-five years. He is an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Oxford University and an associate member of the General Medical Council.

Reviews

Medical terminology, with its Greek and Latin roots and esoteric prefixes and suffixes, is a major barrier to understanding health information and clinical literature. A good medical dictionary is an essential tool. The new edition of Black’s Medical Dictionary is a useful resource for health-care professionals, students, and educated lay readers. It contains more than 5,000 definitions of medical terms and concepts ranging in length from a few sentences to several paragraphs. It also has more than 1,000 diagrams, drawings, and color illustrations. The new edition is very up-to-date, with information on swine flu (H1N1); the HPV vaccine for protection against human papillomavirus, a cause of cervical cancer; and monoclonal antibodies. It also has an entry for Research fraud and misconduct. The illustrations are small but very clear. Several appendixes provide information about first aid; organizations for support and self-help; travel health; common tests and procedures; vitamins; measurements; and statutory, professional, and health-policy research organizations. Although this is a good dictionary, its British focus makes it less useful for libraries in the U.S. British spelling is used, so readers will have to know that hemoglobin is spelled haemoglobin, fiber is fibre, and pediatrics is paediatrics. All of the resources on the referral lists and the statistics cited in the entries are British, too. A better choice for U.S. libraries is Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions (2008). --Barbara Bibel

Edition details

• Publisher: A&C Black
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713689021
• ISBN 13: 9780713689020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 765
• Editor: Marcovitch Harvey