Book description
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
professsionals 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. This new
edition contains new material on: * HPV vaccine : the vaccine now given
to all young girls to protect against cervical cancer * Monoclonal
Antibodies: the 'designer' drugs of the future * The new guidelines for
fibroid treatment * Endoscopy and laparoscopy - the more and more widely
used types of keyhole surgery * Coronary angioplasty: the emergency
tretament of heart attacks * The latest on MRSA and stem cell research
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.
