2788 pages
Purchase Details
Hardcover, 0-8036-1207-9
Publication date: 2005
Nurses and health-care professionals depend on Taber's daily. Patients and family members looking to better understand diseases and health-care terminology find it indispensable too.
Why choose Taber's over other health science dictionaries?
700 illustrations; more than 500 in full-color
Cyclopedic format means you get much more than just definitions. You get a comprehensive resource with:
Superior illustrations
Pronunciations
Abbreviations
Etymologies (word origins)
100 most frequently prescribed drugs (NEW)
Patient Care sections with clinically pertinent information
Caution statements that help you practice safe health care
Tables that put important information at your fingertips
Disease entries that include symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
What makes the 20th edition of Taber's better than ever?
Easier to understand definitions
Improved placement of multi-word entries
More than 8,400 new and revised terms!
Almost 30,000 pronunciations
Now with nearly 600 Patient Care sections
Nearly 350 more caution statements
More than 70 extensively-revised appendices and sub-appendices explain the roles of the Health Professions team members, Recommended Immunization Schedules, and more
Expanded coverage of alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine
More colorful interior design
Invest in Taber's " use it now and depend on it throughout your career!
