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.
Preface. Acknowledgements. How to use this dictionary. Prefixes. Suffixes. Dictionary of medical terms. Appendix 1 Illustrations of major body systems. Appendix 2 SI units and the metric system. Appendix 3 Normal values. Appendix 4 Nutrients. Appendix 5 Drugs - the law, measurement and drug groups in common use. Appendix 6 Abbreviations-medical terms, degrees, diplomas, organizations. Appendix 7 Useful addresses including web sites Appendix 8 Chemical symbols and formulae Main entries similar to present edition New areas: critical care, complementary medicine, education, epidemiology, ethics, information technology and management, management, nutrition, occupational medicine, oncology, occupational therapy, podiatry, public health, psychology, physiotherapy, radiology/radiotherapy, research, sociology, speech and language therapy.
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