Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions [Hardcover]

Mosby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 21, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0323035620 | ISBN-13: 978-0323035620 | Edition: 7

This bestselling, full-color dictionary of health care terminology is well known for its combination of relevant, thorough definitions and vibrant color illustrations and line drawings that illuminate all subject areas. More than just a dictionary, you'll also find a comprehensive anatomy atlas, numerous useful appendices, and a new companion CD-ROM featuring a medical spellchecker, audio pronunciations, and English-Spanish phrase translations. The new 7th edition is thoroughly up to date with current clinical information and over 5,000 new definitions.

• Comprehensive, authoritative definitions - including major diseases, disorders, procedures, and drugs - offer the most accurate, complete information available.
• Nearly 2,500 colorful photographs and drawings illustrate all subject areas - more than 800 new!
• Large, clear type is easy to read.
• Pronunciations and eponyms for key entries assist the reader in learning and using terminology in everyday practice.
• British spellings of selected entries help users recognize alternate spellings.
• Helpful tables provide essential information at a glance.
• Color Atlas of Human Anatomy contains dozens of clearly labeled drawings.
• Hundreds of lab test definitions describe and explain key lab tests.
• A companion Evolve website provides hundreds of web links to help you find authoritative information online, as well as content updates and other helpful resources.

• 5,000 new definitions have been added, representing all areas of nursing, medicine, and the health-related professions, with special emphasis on definitions related to new drugs, health professions, changes in health care delivery, bioterrorism, and new technological developments.
• More than 10,000 definitions have been updated and revised to reflect current practice.
• All nursing diagnosis entries reflect the 2005-2006 NANDA terminology and the newest information for NIC and NOC.
• New and updated appendices cover JCAHO changes in documentation, functional health patterns, new nutritional information, and much more.
• Selected definitions - particularly those for major diseases, disorders, and procedures - have been expanded to enable the user to obtain detailed information quickly from a single source.
• Expanded definitions of over 70 additional conditions now contain full, detailed nursing process information.
• Updated, expanded drug entries include specific drugs currently on the market.
• New colored entry words and convenient thumb indexing make searching easier.
• All tables have been updated, and more than 800 illustrations have been replaced or updated.
• A new companion CD-ROM with helpful tools, including over 400 medical terminology questions, a printable Spanish-English phrasebook, an audio glossary containing pronunciations of over 25,000 terms, a full retail version of Medical Spellchecker software, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

More than just a medical dictionary, this book is also a photo atlas

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2304 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 7 edition (October 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323035620
• ISBN-13: 978-0323035620
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!!!!, March 1, 2006

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L. Broome "binky" (Machias, ME) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions (Hardcover)

This book contains so much needed information for anyone who wants to know anything about the human body. It has a world of knowledge, starting from the most simple words to the most complexed diseases. I am a nursing student and I found it to be extremely helpful, easy to read and use. Its a wonderful book all around. I love it and you will too.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Comprehensive and user friendly, September 1, 2006

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LMS "Book worm" (WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions (Hardcover)

I recently started classes to earn a degree in medical transcription. My instructor for Medical Transcription 1 recommended this dictionary and told us it's required for a class I'll be taking next semester. So I figured I would invest the money now. I also had a reference test today and wanted to get my own medical dictionary so I wouldn't have to fight everyone else for the ones in the class room. I also noticed that most of the dictionaries in the class room are out of date. I wanted something that was up to date. I found this dictionary to be incredible helpful and user friendly. There is so much information here. It is easily accessable and well organized. For the test, the instructor read the word or term orally and then we had to look up the real spelling and definition. There were twelve terms on the test and I found 10 very quickly and easily in this dictionary. I am glad I decided to purchase this dictionary. I looked at a couple of other medical dictionaries and I was the most impressed with this one.

If I had one complaint, it would be the incredibly graphic and disgusting pictures of diseases. They are full color pictures and don't leave much to the imagination. But I've also noticed that is pretty typical of a medical dictionary. I didn't realize that before and it caught me a little off guard at first.

I would highly recommend this dictionary to anyone who is going into a field such as nursing or medical transcription. I know that this will prove to be an invaluable resource when I actually begin my work as a medical transcriptionist.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Medical Dictonary, March 21, 2007

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Rose Dawson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions (Hardcover)

I love dictionaries and have several. I preferred Mosby's over Lippincott's for the same reason I like most Mosby books, the layout and text is so much easier to read. There are lots of pictures in color and the index tabs are useful in finding your subject quickly. The CD in the back of book has a useful spell checker. I sold my red version of this dictionary so I could have this blue version. When a clinical instructor say's the clasical line "go look it up" I'll find it faster in a clinical setting and when I'm working on a careplan my spell check will speed up the process.