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Textbook (Paperback - Fifth Edition)
Textbook Information
Stedman's OB-GYN and Pediatrics Words, Fifth Edition provides fast and easy access to over 100,000 terms representing obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology, and pediatrics. Reflecting the latest advances in these fields, this edition features over 10,000 new terms obtained by thorough review of respected journals, catalogues, textbooks, and Websites. This edition's updated and expanded appendix section includes additional anatomical illustrations, new sample reports, and brand-new sections on routine antepartum tests and infertility studies and procedures.
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Reviewer:Susan Tobin, MSN, RN, CPON (University of New Mexico Children's Hospital)
Description:This book contains more than 65,000 medical words and terminology from the specialties of obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and neonatology. This update includes more than 2,500 new terms.ms.
Purpose:It is meant to be used by medical transcriptionists, medical editors, court reporters, and anyone who needs to know correct medical terminology.
Audience:Intended for anyone who needs to know correct medical terminology, such as medical transcriptionists, this book would be a valuable reference for all professionals in healthcare.
Features:Terminology in pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, maternal-fetal medicine, infertility, neonatology, and genetics is extensively covered in this book and the use of cross-references enables users to quickly find the desired term. The appendixes offer such items as detailed anatomical illustrations, genetic symbols, and drugs by indication. The explanatory notes help readers navigate through the vast amount of material.
Assessment:This reference is a desirable acquisition for anyone working with medical terminology. Cross-references allow users to quickly obtain the desired information.