This reference tool includes common and uncommon medical terms in a variety of specialties. Comprehensive coverage of anatomy and general terminology as well as separate terminology sections for over 15 specialties make this an essential resource.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Sloane's MWB 4th Edition:
Impressive bulk, many different sections such as General Terms, Specialties, Guide to Terminology. There are no visible dividers to show you where the different sections start and end. I use sticky flags, or I could use marks on the edge of the pages if I didn't plan to resell it. Otherwise, very useful book.
Sloans Medical Word Book:
Don't waste you money. I have been a Medical Transcriptionist for 36 years. I bought the book and so did a co-worker. Have only found one thing in there I was looking for. It has become a joke to look in the $50 word book.
Inadequate:
I have been a transcriptionist for three-plus years, and I have owned this book for all that time. I honestly cannot recall a single time this book has been helpful. It is a small volume, for a medical word book, being about the size of a thick popular paperback novel, which is wholly inadequate for the monstrously huge field of medical words.
It is separated by specialty, and to give an example of how inadequate this book is, let's just compare the number of pages dedicated to a couple of specialties:... more info
Fabulous for newbies to med trans!:
When I first started transcribing in 1980, the first edition of this book was my bible. When I was lost in a black hole of unintelligible doctor-mumble, being able to narrow the terms down to groups of specialties saved the day for me. Now, after 23 years as an acute care MT, I teach full time at a community college and I require this book for my transcription students. Ellen Drake's meticulous edits and additions have at least quadrupled the page count and made it a trustworthy reference. I must admit,... more info
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