Major expansion with many new entries Reflects multiprofessional and interprofessional approaches to healthcare with an increase in entries related to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and nutrition Extensive revision and updating by a team of expert advisers that provides easily accessible information from many medical specialties and other healthcare disciplines New areas include critical care, complementary medicine, epidemiology, podiatry, management, oncology, public health, health ...
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Major expansion with many new entries Reflects multiprofessional and interprofessional approaches to healthcare with an increase in entries related to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and nutrition Extensive revision and updating by a team of expert advisers that provides easily accessible information from many medical specialties and other healthcare disciplines New areas include critical care, complementary medicine, epidemiology, podiatry, management, oncology, public health, health promotion, research and sports medicine Seven appendices - revised or completely new: 2-colour illustrations of the major body systems SI units, the metric system and conversion scales normal values for blood, cerebrospinal fluid, faeces and urine. basic nutrients (New) drugs and the law and the measurement of drugs. A table of drug groups in common use (New). abbreviations - medical terms (New), and degrees, diplomas and organizations. useful addresses including web sites (New) chemical symbols and formulae This expanded new edition should prove indispensable as an easy-to-use guide to the basic language of 21st century medicine and health care for students, registered practitioners, medical secretaries and receptionists, and members of the public.Reliable information (important with so much unregulated information available on the Internet). Updated by a team of expert advisors Plenty of cross referencing to related topics increases its usefulness as a leaning aid. Concise and easy to read Complete update - covering the massive changes in medical science and the provision of health care since the last edition. Update of existing appendices and the inclusion of new ones, nutrition, useful addresses plus web sites.Appendix 1 - all new anatomical illustrations Appendix 2 - updated Appendix 3 - updated Appendix 4 - brand new nutrition tables detailing the macro and micro nutrients Appendix 5 - drug law and measurement updated. Drug lists replaced with a table of drug groups in common use with examples and indications. The decision to remove the long lists of individual drugs was based on the need to stay up-to-date and to provide more useful information - not just proprietary and approved name. Suggestions for authoritative further reading and other sources are provided. Appendix 6 - common abbreviations of medical terms have been added to diplomas, degrees etc. Appendix 7 - brand new details of useful addresses including web sites. Appendix 8 Chemical symbols and formulae All medical/surgical specialties have been completely revised and updated. Many new topics have been included and others expanded, for example Biological sciencesComplementary medicine Epidemiology Ethics Management (including current jargon, management, quality assurance and some financial terms) Psychology Pharmacology - now focused on pharmacological terms such as pharmacokinetics, adverse effects, first pass metabolism etc. Drug groups are included in the main dictionary with a cross reference to Appendix 5. Research Sociology Critical care Dentistry, orthodontics Physiotherapy Gerontolgy Immunology Nutrition Occupational health Oncology Occupational therapy Plastic surgery Podiatry Psychiatry Public health Health promotion Radiography/radiotherapy Sports medicine Speech and language therapy Trauma/traumatology
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