Encyclopedia and dictionary of medicine, nursing, and allied health
By: by Benjamin F. Miller and Claire Brackman Keane.
Contributors: Keane, Claire Brackman.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Saunders dictionaries and vocabulary aids
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1270
Subjects: Medicine -- Dictionaries; Nursing -- Dictionaries; Dictionaries, Medical; Nursing -- Dictionaries
Description: Alphabetical arrangement of terms and definitions or explanations, intended as authoritative vocabulary for students in the nursing and paramedical sciences. New concepts and developments emphasized, e.g., patient-centered care and patient education, including a list of sources for patient education materials. Pronunciation indicated. Abbreviations, biographical entries, drug trade names, and eponyms are included, among other terms. Updated appendixes of miscellaneous information. Illustrations.