Stedman's Medical & Surgical Equipment Words (Stedman's Word Books) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0781754402 | ISBN-13: 978-0781754408 | Edition: Fourth

The most current, accurate, and comprehensive reference available for medical equipment terminology. Developed from ongoing reviews of print and electronic journals and manufacturer sources across medical specialties, this fully cross-indexed, extensive A-Z list provides quick look-up of medical equipment terms, including new instruments and devices, as well as variant spellings and phrasing. This resource also offers appendix sections organized for fast look-up.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (March 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781754402
• ISBN-13: 978-0781754408
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,197,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An updated classic, May 14, 2004

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Brian Hulett "okierazorbacker2" (Oinklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stedman's Medical & Surgical Equipment Words (Stedman's Word Books) (Paperback)

A review on this page refers to this book as being "outdated." Well, that reviewer needs the latest edition, obviously. Stedman's puts out a new edition of each of its books every three years or so, and I get the feeling the other reviewer was looking at a 1998 edition. Well, here's the latest for 2004.

As with all of Stedman's medical word books, this one has several hundred pages of cross-referenced terms for almost any kind of medical and surgical equipment, with listings under company name, general type of equipment, and specialty use of said equipment. For example, in my 2001 edition "Promex biopsy needle" is found under P and N, while B contains an entry for biopsy needle. This is golden.

The one reservation I have with this particular one of the Stedman's publications is that the field of equipment manufacturing seems to be the fastest-changing there is, and so this one book does indeed become a bit outdated even within the year of its publication. A good Google.com search is a necessary component to the MT's adequate use of this book. However, I could not do my job correctly without Stedman's, and this volume has a valuable place in my library as well as any of their specialty books.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not much new since last edition, July 18, 2005

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blingbling (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stedman's Medical & Surgical Equipment Words (Stedman's Word Books) (Paperback)

I purchased the 4th edition and gave away my 3rd edition to a friend. Unfortunately, I didn't make a list of my own add-ins, thinking that they would be included in the new edition. However, there are countless words that are not in the new edition that our doctors are using. This book is a must-have for anyone without a good equipment book, but I would recommend that anyone with the 3rd edition wait for the 5th edition and hope that it will be more complete.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for operative notes, July 5, 2006

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MTBlatt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stedman's Medical & Surgical Equipment Words (Stedman's Word Books) (Paperback)

If you do operative notes, this reference is a must. I use this book more than any other word book.