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Venes, D. (2005). Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Co.
Review by Sara Edwards
Call Number: R121.T18 2005eb
Description: Comprehensive medical dictionary of over 56,000 terms, conditions and illustrations.
Relevance and Relationship: Would be relevant for medical students using the library in off-hours.
Purpose: To provide definitions of medical terminology and conditions.
Validity: Reasonably priced at $103.32. Would be useful for graduate as well as undergraduate students, or anyone needing a medical reference dictionary.
Format: Published in 2005. Arranged alphabetically. 2788 pages.
Arrangement and Presentation: One volume. Includes nearly 700 illustrations, over 500 of which are full-color.
Diversity: Would be helpful for any student from outside the US that needs a reference for medical school or undergraduate work.
This is an awesome reference book for those in the medical field!! It is very concise, has great pictures (although I wish there were more) and makes sense to even a common lay person.
there is to much to know and I wonder if I can ever learn all of this information... I am learning the bread and butter or orthopaedic complaints well:)
very helpful with looking up unfamiliar medical terms, medications, diseases. Mine is old, and i mostly just use Google these days, as it does not give a whole lot of detail.
Ken Blanchard has a way of taking the complex role of leadership and breaking it down into bite size pieces - this is one of those fast read Ah Ha books...