Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Edition 3
Published by Gale

The third edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. Biographical and historical sidebars appear throughout the text. This edition includes more than 100 new entries, 250 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations and a comprehensive subject index.

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"A ready reference for information on medical disorders and conditions, tests and procedures and treatments and threapies, this will appeal to health teachers and to students and their parents who need to have access to information written in lay language. The information will be a very helpful reference for the school community."
--Reference for Students, November 2006

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