Medical abbreviations
Subtitle: 32,000 conveniences at the expense of communication and safety
By: Neil M. Davis
Edition: 15th ed.
Publisher: Neil M. Davis Associates
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Warminster, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780931431159
Subjects: Medicine; Dictionaries; Abbreviations; Acronyms; Notation
Description: 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. (From Publisher Description).
Table of contents: title: Preface : The Internet version : why use it and how to access it; title: Introduction; title: Dangerous, contradictory, and other ambiguous abbreviations; title: A healthcare controlled vocabulary; title: How medical writers, editors, and health profesionals can help control the proliferation of health-related abbreviations; title: Medical abbreviation primer; title: Lettered and numbered abbreviations, acronyms, and slang; title: Symbols and Greek letters; title: Tables, lists, and conversions; title: Cross-referenced list of generic and brand drug names; title: National normal adult laboratory values; title: Book and Internet version reorder and pricing information.