Black's Medical Dictionary has been the best-selling medical dictionary for over 100 years. It is invaluable as a home reference and for all who need clear explanation of medical terms: nurses, health care professionals and students, health service management, actuaries, lawyers and journalists. It containsover 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts with over1000 diagrams, drawings and colour illustrations. It also provides helpful appendices on common medical tests and procedures, travel and health, measurements in medicine, health economics, complementary and alternative medicine, and an address list of support professional organisations.

Must-know, rarely memorized information. Appendices for normal reference laboratory values and prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms, as well as abbreviations, symbols, and units of measurement, documentation system definitions, and complementary and alternative medicine as well as nursing-focused resources. Full-color illustrations of anatomy and physiology, and photographs of diseases and disorders photographs focus on the distinguishing features of diseases and disorders.   The tools for success. Patient Care Statements--Quick-reference summaries detail assessment, treatment, and patient teaching requirements. Caution/Safety Statements--An easy-to-find icon highlights information critical to safe patient care. Disease/Disorder Entries--Concise descriptions summarize diagnosis, signs and symptoms, etiology, treatments, and prognosis.