"Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition" has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to make this dictionary the most reliable resource available for healthcare, including medical students, physicians, educators, researchers, and medical language specialists. This new edition includes over 107,000 terms and definitions, more than 5,000 new to this edition. Over 45 consultants from all the major medical and health science specialties have reviewed each word for accuracy and clarity, including new consultants for the specialties of endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, and rheumatology. The art program has also been extensively enhanced and now includes approximately 1500 images and illustrations. Readers will recognise the authoritative content contained in this new edition, and want to add it to their list of must have references.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
very good resource book for medical students:
I had bought an old edition of stedman's medical dictionary before on my freshman year as a nursing student and did help me a lot, this copy is for a friend of mine whose also a medical student and very glad that I recommended it for her, very good resource book for medical students.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 28th ed.:
The dictionary is pretty good, once you adjust where to look for certain illnesses (a syndrome may be listed under diease or vice versa). The biggest disappointment is the inability to download the info onto my PDA. I downloads everything but the data file and there is virtually no support to figure out the glitch. The error message i receive is not identified on the software website. Beat. I still support the dictionary but don't fuss over the PDA stuff unless you are saavy.
A MUST HAVE FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS!:
I've been using this program on my PDA for 1.5 yrs now. I bought it at the end of my first year of med school and have used it constantly since. Stedman's is a very good dictionary and has helped me out in many tight spots. I use it along with the PDA version of the Merck Manual and Epocrates. I've had most everything I need to look up a subject with these programs. PROS: Don't have to carry around a big book. Very easy to look up words - just start typing it in and grab from list. Fairly... more info
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