Author: Denise Beaubien Bennett
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838919839
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections.
Dictionary of Medical Terms
Author: Rebecca Sell
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
ISBN: 9780764147586
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Although written primarily as a home reference guide, Barron’s Dictionary of Medical Terms has been valued, used, and highly praised by medical instructors, student nurses, and others in the healthcare professions. This expanded and updated edition clearly and concisely describes medical terms in language that the layman can understand. Thousands of terms and definitions cover— Descriptions of diseases and their symptoms First-aid procedures Human anatomy and body parts Dentistry Medications and their applications Instructive tables covering important elements, vitamins, trade and generic names of commonly prescribed drugs, and much more Many terms are supplemented with instructive line illustrations. Readers are also guided by extensive cross references.
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
ISBN: 9780764147586
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Although written primarily as a home reference guide, Barron’s Dictionary of Medical Terms has been valued, used, and highly praised by medical instructors, student nurses, and others in the healthcare professions. This expanded and updated edition clearly and concisely describes medical terms in language that the layman can understand. Thousands of terms and definitions cover— Descriptions of diseases and their symptoms First-aid procedures Human anatomy and body parts Dentistry Medications and their applications Instructive tables covering important elements, vitamins, trade and generic names of commonly prescribed drugs, and much more Many terms are supplemented with instructive line illustrations. Readers are also guided by extensive cross references.
Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary
Author: Rebecca Brown
Publisher: Terrace Books
ISBN: 9780299189709
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary is an intimate, exquisite, and true account of what it is to help a parent die. After her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, former home care worker and award-winning writer Rebecca Brown cared for her mother during the last six months of her life. This spare, unsentimental book comes out of that experience. In short chapters headed by definitions of medical terms, she confronts anemia, chemotherapy, metastasis, cremation. Brown's is a poignant and unflinching story of how one family coped with loss and learned about the longevity of love. The Wisconsin edition is for sale only in North America.
Publisher: Terrace Books
ISBN: 9780299189709
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary is an intimate, exquisite, and true account of what it is to help a parent die. After her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, former home care worker and award-winning writer Rebecca Brown cared for her mother during the last six months of her life. This spare, unsentimental book comes out of that experience. In short chapters headed by definitions of medical terms, she confronts anemia, chemotherapy, metastasis, cremation. Brown's is a poignant and unflinching story of how one family coped with loss and learned about the longevity of love. The Wisconsin edition is for sale only in North America.
A Dictionary of the History of Medicine
Author: Anton Sebastian
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351469991
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
This is a unique, extensively illustrated dictionary of terms, people, events, and dates spanning the entire history of medicine. It is a monumental work of scholarship totaling some 700 double-column pages with a large number of rare and exceptional illustrations from many original sources painstakingly compiled over years of far-searching inquiry involving more than 5,000 books and hundreds of journals. It is a major resource of hard-to-find information about notable medical figures, instruments, conditions, procedures, and dates and a storehouse of captivating anecdotes and background material. The book contains a wealth of material for concise historical introductions to a broad range of subjects and is the sine qua non authority on both well and little known facts of medical history. With this single volume-an unprecedented tour de force representing more than 7,000 hours of exhaustive research-clinicians and researchers from all fields of medicine can quickly and easily find authoritative, detailed definitions and descriptions, with dates, of medical terms and of the people and events contributing to the development of medicine from earliest times to the present day. The entries range widely from such as abacterial pyuria to zygote, including Latin and Greek origins of terms, compact biographies with dates, eponymic information of all kinds, and rarely seen drawings and photographs of antique medical instruments and little-known conditions.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351469991
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
This is a unique, extensively illustrated dictionary of terms, people, events, and dates spanning the entire history of medicine. It is a monumental work of scholarship totaling some 700 double-column pages with a large number of rare and exceptional illustrations from many original sources painstakingly compiled over years of far-searching inquiry involving more than 5,000 books and hundreds of journals. It is a major resource of hard-to-find information about notable medical figures, instruments, conditions, procedures, and dates and a storehouse of captivating anecdotes and background material. The book contains a wealth of material for concise historical introductions to a broad range of subjects and is the sine qua non authority on both well and little known facts of medical history. With this single volume-an unprecedented tour de force representing more than 7,000 hours of exhaustive research-clinicians and researchers from all fields of medicine can quickly and easily find authoritative, detailed definitions and descriptions, with dates, of medical terms and of the people and events contributing to the development of medicine from earliest times to the present day. The entries range widely from such as abacterial pyuria to zygote, including Latin and Greek origins of terms, compact biographies with dates, eponymic information of all kinds, and rarely seen drawings and photographs of antique medical instruments and little-known conditions.
Chambers Biographical Dictionary
Author: Joan Bakewell
Publisher: Chambers
ISBN: 9780550106933
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dictionaries of biography.
Publisher: Chambers
ISBN: 9780550106933
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dictionaries of biography.
The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary
Author: David Crystal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521567800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Contains over 14,000 brief entries covering persons both past and present
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521567800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Contains over 14,000 brief entries covering persons both past and present
Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher: Merriam-Webster Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
A biographical dictionary which profiles over 30,000 individuals, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.
Publisher: Merriam-Webster Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
A biographical dictionary which profiles over 30,000 individuals, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.
Dictionary of American Medical Biography
Author:
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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Book Description
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Author: Roy Porter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781785398711
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Provides an authoritative and accessible look at the lives of the men and women who have shaped science.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781785398711
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Provides an authoritative and accessible look at the lives of the men and women who have shaped science.
Guide to Reference in Medicine and Health
Author: Denise Beaubien Bennett
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838919839
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838919839
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections.
Dictionary of Medical Biography: S-Z
Author: William F. Bynum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780313328824
Category : Healers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
All of the history of medicine in one place - an extensive biographical dictionary of physicians, medical practitioners, and healers from around the world from the ancient times to the present
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780313328824
Category : Healers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
All of the history of medicine in one place - an extensive biographical dictionary of physicians, medical practitioners, and healers from around the world from the ancient times to the present