This best selling reference lists 30,000 meanings for medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and other health-related abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and slang. It is current and comprehensive. Also listed is a cross-reference list of drug generic and trade names. Included in the purchase price of the book is a 1-year single user access license to the internet version of the book which is updated with about 80 new entries each month. You can quickly search for the meaning(s) of an abbreviation (e.g. CHF) or you can search for a word within the meanings of abbreviation (e.g. all the abbreviations which contain the word CONGESTIVE). Introductory chapters stress the dangers which are associated with the use of unfamiliar abbreviations. Examples of errors which have resulted from their use, as well as a list of dangerous abbreviations which should not be used are presented. The book is popular with health professionals, students, coders, transcriptionists, lawyers, insurance companies, clinical research assistants, editors, and medical researchers.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
 Sell Back Your Copy for $1.09
Whether you bought it on Amazon or somewhere else, you can sell it back through our Book Trade-In Program at the current price of $1.09.
Used Price$7.38
Trade-in Price$1.09
Price after
Trade-in$6.29 |
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is a great resource. I'm a Certified Professional Coder, Physician Based and since 2001, I've been purchasing this book's new edition every time one is available.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Have one about 1997 edition. This one is a bit thicker. Don't really need the pharmaceuticle listings in back but thats OK. Works great, whole department uses it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
great resource. using it for a summer project to document our groups commonly used abbreviations for auditing purposes. complete and concise.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A must have for medical transcription! A great company!
Defintiely would go through this company again!I was very impressed with the quality of the producta nd the timeliness of receiving this! I would recommend the company to anyone!
Published 3 months ago by Kim/MT
Valuable tool
As a medical transcriptionist with over 35 years experience, this book is one of the most valuable and useful reference books that I own.
Published 15 months ago by Darcy Deakin
Great reference and resource book.
This book is a "must have" for anyone in the medical field or anyone who wants to find out what the abbreviations mean that you see on TV, e.g., "House. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Kathy Hammad
A true necessity
I work in the medical field and have a co-worker who owns an earlier version of this book. After borrowing it countless times for clarification of obscure abbreviations,(and... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Lynne Karagoulis
"Medical Abbreviations, 14th Edition" by Neil M. Davis
As a medical transcriptionist, I hear many abbreviations and acronyms in my work, and need I tell you that there is absolutely no way to remember even a fraction of them? Read more
Published on March 27, 2010 by Diet Diva
Awesome abbreviations
This is my second version of this book and it is totally awesome. I am a medical transcriber and frequently have to look up abbreviations. Read more
Published on July 10, 2009 by S. Atkinson
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Education & Reference
- Books > Medical Books > Administration & Medicine Economics > Medical History & Records
- Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Reference
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Administration & Policy > Medical History & Records
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Reference > Dictionaries & Terminology
