Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary.

Venes, Donald, 1952- (Editor). Taber, Clarence Wilbur, 1870-1968 (Added Author).

Summary: Taber's 22 bring meanings to life! Taber's 22 is the all-in-one, go-to source in the classroom, clinical, and beyond. Under the editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants, representing nearly every health care profession, ensures that the content reflects the most current healthcare information. A wealth of resources puts the language of nursing, medicine and the healthcare professions at your fingertips.

Record details

ISBN: 9780803629776
ISBN: 080362977X
ISBN: 9780803629783
ISBN: 0803629788
ISBN: 9780803629790
ISBN: 0803629796
Physical Description: print
xxxiv, 2846 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: Ed. 22, illustrated in full color /
Publisher: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to edition 22 -- Consultants and reviewers -- Taber's feature finder -- Features and their use -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Abbreviations used in text -- Vocabulary -- Appendices -- Table of contents -- Index to appendices -- Nutrition -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Normal reference laboratory values -- Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms -- Medical abbreviations --Symbols -- Units of measurements (including SI units) -- Medical emergencies -- Standard precautions -- Nursing appendix -- Alternative therapies -- Anatomy -- Documentation system definitions -- General patient care concerns -- Health care resource organizations -- Health professions -- Latin and Greek nomenclature -- Manual alphabet -- Phobias -- Professional designations and titles in the health sciences -- Recommended immunization schedules -- The interpreter in three languages.