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 Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary: Indexed (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index)) :: 0803612079
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| For more than 65 years, Taber's has provided students, nurses, and health professionals with the definitions and information they need to provide superior care for their patients, while remaining portable and easy-to-carry. KEY FEATURES INCLUDE: 56,000 easy-to-understand definitions -- almost 50% more than the competition 700 illustrations; more than 500 in full-color Cyclopedic format means you get much more than just definitions. You get a comprehensive resource with: -- Superior illustrations -- Pronunciations -- Abbreviations -- Etymologies (word origins) -- 100 most frequently prescribed drugs (NEW) -- Patient Care sections with clinically pertinent information -- Caution statements in color, to call attention to vital considerations and potential dangers that help you practice safe health care -- Tables that put important information at your fingertips -- Disease entries that include symptoms, diagnosis and treatment Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
My wife used an earlier edition of Taber's during her training in the early 1960's. Our daughter called us and told us yesterday, her first day of classes, that her instructor said that each student had to have a Medical Dictionary for the class. Our daughter, although just starting her cirriculum, has raved to us of the depth of information in her latest edition. She is so happy that we ordered the book for her and she has said that she will be using it regularly and very often.
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Author: Guest
Although Stedman's dictionary seems to be the preference for most medical schools, Taber's actually contains a lot more words than Stedman's. To be fair, there isn't much competition when it comes to medical dictionaries, it's either Stedman's or Taber's. Stedman's update is usually 4 to 5 years, but you'll only notice the lack of new words if you're in the research field. Taber's tends to release a new edition every year or two, plus you get more words at a lower price. In terms of the definitions in Taber's, it's written to be just a bit more considerate for the layman. Whereas in Stedman's, you would probably need to be at least a medical student or higher to make the most use of it. Best solution is to get both, at least one of the two definitions will make better sense to you.
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Author: Guest
This is a medical dictionary that has truly stood the test of time. It is nothing exciting mind you (I mean how exciting can any dictionary really be?) but a classic that is very easy to use and very handy to have around. Also liked "The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan, A Pocket Guide To What Works" for a good review of what the published research has to say about losing weight.
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Author: Guest
I found Taber's to be the best medical dictionary I could get my hands on. In fact, it was so good that I would put it second only to all the computer resources that my medical school had at my fingertips. It's useful if you don't have a good computer connection at home.
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Author: Guest
The 20th edition is a new update to this well known book. It is updated with more than 8,400 new terms or revised definitions, for a total of 56,000 entries. Some 700 illustrations, 500 in color, expand and clarify particular points. Finally it includes a free six month subscription to Taber's online 3.0 which has these same 56,000 definitions along with features like searching and audio pronunciation for about 2,500 terms.
Obviously this book has to be compared with Stedman's. Here's the way I see it:
Taber's is bigger - 2788 pages vs. 2098 pages
Taber's is more current - Published in 2005 rather than in 2000
Stedman's has more definitions - 102,000 entries vs. 56,000 - With more pages and fewer definitions, Tabor's has more on each definition.
Stedman's is less expensive
Exciting reading - you gotta be kidding.
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