11,000 entries
This dictionary is indispensable both as a home medical guide and as an aid for all those working in the medical and allied professions.
The entries are up to date and jargon-free, making the book both accessible and informative.
Clear concise entries covering all the major medical and surgical specialities, reflecting recent medical advances, including those in genetics, infertility treatment, cancer, imaging techniques, organ transplantation, and the links between BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.
There is also coverage of new drugs in clinical use.