Collins Dictionary Of Medicine 2nd Ed.

Description: This completely revised and updated edition provides a reference for medical and nursing students, health service professionals, and those others requiring a guide to modern medical terminology. It includes: 10,000 entries on theory and practice, as well as pharmacology, virology, psychiatry and dentistry; terminology relevant to nursing, radiography, orthoptics, laboratory and operating theatre technology, forensic and social medicine, and public health administration; descriptions of a wide variety of diseases, syndromes and conditions; generic and proprietary names of a broad range of important drugs; and illustrations of all the major body systems.

Author Biography: Robert Youngson is one of the most frequently published popular authors in medicine. His works include the Royal Society of Medicine Encyclopedia of Family Health and the Royal Society of Medicine Dictionary of Symptoms. He is a member of many learned bodies, including the Royal College of Surgeons, the BMA, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal College of Opthalmologists, and is an Officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. He has also been chairman of many committees dealing with medical research, and lectures extensively to students and nurses.