Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - 4th ANZ Edition, 4th Edition

Key Features

• Nearly 40,000 clear, precise entries –updated to take in recent healthcare developments to support study and research use
• Over 2,000 high quality images and a detailed colour anatomy atlas to enhance comprehension
• More than 30 medical and health specialties represented – suitable for all healthcare students, educators and clinicians
• Local spelling conventions and phonetic pronunciation guides throughout – suitable for readers in Australia and New Zealand
• Etymologies revised to ensure currency
• Comprehensive entries for numerous drugs and medications
• Useful appendices, including normal laboratory values for adults and children, units of measurement, nutrition guidelines, assessment guides, immunisation schedules, infection control and herb-drug interactions
• An eBook included with print purchase

New to this Edition

• New information on antiviral medications/drugs and associated terminology, as well as updates to public health language and terminology

ONLINE FEATURES

• Access to all online resources
• Regionalised spellchecker
• Printable colour atlas of human anatomy
• Image collection offers all images for online viewing
• 5 comprehensive appendices

Preface 

Specialist Consultants 

Appendix Consultants 

Editorial Board Members 

Consultants 

Guide to the Dictionary 

Pronunciation Key 

Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy A-

Skeletal system A-

Muscular system A-

Circulatory system A-

Endocrine system A-

Lymphatic system A-

Nervous system A-

Respiratory system A-

Digestive system A-

Reproductive system A-

Urinary system A-

Special senses A-

Dictionary entries A–Z 1–

Appendices

1 Units of measurement 

2 Symbols and abbreviations 

3 Medical terminology 

4 Normal reference values 

5 Nutrition 

6 Medication: clinical calculations, interactions, issues of safety, and usage rates 

7 Infection control 

8 Health of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori people 

9 Tabular atlas of human anatomy and physiology 

Picture credits 

The following appendices are available at http://evolve.elsevier.com/AU/ANZMD/

10 Assessment guides 

11 Health promotion and immunisation 

12 Complementary and alternative medicine 

13 Herbs and natural supplements 

14 Health organisations and resources 

Peter Harris, MBBS, FRACGP, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Nicholas Vardaxis, BSc(Hons), PhD, Accreditation Assessor, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and Higher Education Consultant, Australia and Louise Purtell, BMedSci(Hons), PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Metro North Health, Queensland; Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University, Australia