Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine and Nursing

by Benjamin F. Miller and Claire Brackman Keane

Book Overview

Reviewed by experts in virtually every professional specialty, this definitive dictionary is highly regarded for its readability, accuracy, clinical usefulness, and multidisciplinary approach. Revised... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721663559
• ISBN13: 9780721663555
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1089 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book!

This is an excellent source for both medical professionals and students. The book provides detailed descriptions and varied illustrations. I would highly recommend this book!

Such a resource, for so many

If you are a nursing or medical student, or have family or friends that you would like to understand their symptoms and diagnosis, this is a very clear and yet comprehensive resource. As a student of a university RN program, this book has proved invaluable in clarifying my course work. A quality gift for anyone about to enter a higher education medical program or for someone who desires a better understanding of unfamiliar terms due to illness, condition, tests, and symptoms.

Best around I have seen. We have added to our science museum

We have added a copy of this to our science museum library. If you had to pick just one book to figure things out with and you cuold take only one book to a mythical desert island.... this would have to be it for general medicine!

Lisa Surgical/Trauma RN

I wish I would have had this book when I was going to school. This book not only defines virtually every medical term but elaborates on essential areas. The beginning of the book is a color atlas of all body systems. eg. Skeletal,GI, Cranial Nerves, Muscles ect. It is then organized as a Dictionary from A-Z. There are clear pictures to help elaborate on definitions and explanations. An example is in the area of Intercranial Pressure. Not only is it defined, it is also explained in detail including ICP monitoring devices and pictures for easy understanding. I have been a nurse for a long time and found this book to be a wonderful reference.... in all areas of nursing.... Everyone on the unit wants to borrow this book and many have already purchased it themselves.

Quality nursing dictionaries

Having used many nursing dictionaries, this one is by far the best. It is very clear and amazingly comprehensive. At the front there is a short anatomy guide followed by a colour atlas. The bulk of the text is fantastic; good diagrams and flow charts throughout reinforce learning and an invaluble pronunciation guide for those of us that haven't studied Latin. To complete, a large Appendix section is included which provides a wealth of useful information for the reader. Although US and Canada focused, this book is a must for any nurse, doctor or allied health worker. At this price, buy it.