Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

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More Americans every day are focused on issues of health and well-being. While 10 years ago, most consumers accepted their doctor's advice blindly, today many question their doctors carefully about procedures, drug therapy, diseases, and other medical concerns. As the country continues to move toward service provided by large health care organizations, more consumers will take responsibility for understanding their medical needs.

Webster's New World is proud to offer an important new entry in the medical reference market - the Webster's New World Medical Dictionary. Partnering with the doctors from MedicineNet.com, the Medical Dictionary takes advantage of the expertise of 50 doctors in 24 specialized fields ranging from pediatrics to pathology. Edited by an expert medical author, the Dictionary of Medical Terms is authoritative yet accessible to the layperson. This dictionary represents the most up-to-date medical reference on the market today. More than 7,500 medical terms, treatments, and medicines. The book also features a CD-ROM for instant access to the dictionary and directly to the MedicineNet.com web site.

What Customers Say About Webster's New World Medical Dictionary:

I am returning it. This book does not go in-depth at all. I needed a book for a medical terminology class and this one just did not cut it.

This is a bad medical dictionary book. The terms of this book are too simple and limited.

Other than that it is okay. You would think with it being a dictionary that it would have how to correctly pronounce the words, but it doesn't.

Luckily it only cost me about $8, so I'm not really out to much. It seemed like every other word I had to look up wasn't in this book. Does not include alternate spellings.

However, If you find what you need in it, the definitions are excellent. I did not find many words there and I had to buy another one. (A general worker in Health care might find it useful, but professionals or students will need another one). I read the reviews saying not all the important words were there but somehow I wanted to try myself. Unfortunatly that was true.