Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions has been acclaimed by students and educators for its clarity, comprehensiveness and currency. Now in its second edition, a thorough revision of this definitive reference for the ANZ region enhances the classic Mosby dictionary features and sees in its over 2000 pages:
- precise and clear entries, plus encyclopaedic entries of significant terms; generous illustrations and apt use of tables
- a detailed colour atlas of anatomy enhances the comprehension of anatomical terms
- local spelling conventions and phonetic pronunciation guides
- fully revised etymologies
Online resources include a regional spellchecker, a printable colour atlas, all images from the text, and 18 valuable appendices, 9 of which appear in the main text.
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encyclopaedic definitions
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comprehensive entries for numerous fully updated drugs
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over 2400 high quality full-colour illustrations and photographs to enhance and clarify definitions of terms
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regionalised spellchecker
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over 300 new drug entries
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over 500 new images, including uniquely Australian sourced images for illustrating terms of particular local relevance
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a total of 73 new and updated tables to provide key reference information to supplement definitions
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revised to update and refine existing material and incorporate many new terms, tables and illustrations to ensure currency and relevance
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all appendices have been updated to include the latest information
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new terms include Swine influenza, Hendra disease, Nipah virus, Avian influenza, Multi-drug resistant TB and Vancomycin resistant enterococcus plus many, many more
