Black's Medical Dictionary has been the best-selling medical dictionary for over 100 years. It is invaluable as a home reference & for all who need clear explanation of medical terms: nurses health care professsionals & students health service management actuaries lawyers & journalists. It contains over 5000 definitions & descriptions of medical terms & concepts with over 1000 diagrams drawings & colour illustrations. It also provides helpful appendices on common medical tests & procedures travel & health measurements in medicine health economics complementary & alternative medicine & an address list of support professional organisations. This new edition contains new material on: * HPV vaccine: the vaccine now given to all young girls to protect against cervical cancer * Monoclonal Antibodies: the 'designer' drugs of the future * The new guidelines for fibroid treatment * Endoscopy & laparoscopy
- the more & more widely used types of keyhole surgery * Coronary angioplasty: the emergency tretament of heart attacks * The latest on MRSA & stem cell research