Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (INDEXED) & Taber's Electronic Medical Dictionary CD-ROM V 3.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)I work in law not medicine. I bought Taber's because of the many personal injury cases with which I was involved. People talk about legal language - nothing compares to medical terminology.
I have found Taber's to be extremely helpful in translating the medical reports that pass across my desk. It is comprehensive and yet breaks down the terms, diseases and injuries into language that a non-medically trained mind (mine people!) can understand and explain so that a judge can understand.
And because life can never be too good, it is very easy to use. The diagrams and photos are excellent - at least to my non-medically trained mind. The indexing is top-notch.
I also gifted it to another legally trained friend of mine with the same glowing reviews. I fully recommend this title.

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takes account of the integration of alternative and complementary approaches into standard western medical care, defining terms relating to herbal remedies and traditional cures from other cultures.

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Medical Interpreting and Cross-cultural Communication Review

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(More customer reviews)The study conducted by the author reveals some issues and practices that need to be considered by everyone in the field of healthcare interpreting. Especially given the recent Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics by the NCIHC. I am curious to hear the thoughts of other professionals in the field about the practices of the interpreters at California Hope and I'm left wondering if this level of visibility exists to such a high degree in other communities.

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Claudia Angelelli explores the role of medical interpreters, drawing on data from over 300 medical encounters as well as interviews with the interpreters. Bringing together literature from social theory, social psychology, and linguistic anthropology, this book will appeal to anyone concerned with the intricacies of medical interpreting, particularly researchers, communication specialists, policy makers, and practitioners.

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The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Second Edition: The World's Most Widely Used Medical Reference - Now In Everyday Language Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an excellent guide to health and wellness written for lay people and quite comprehensive in its coverage. This second edition (first comes from 1997) adds about adds 35 chapters and 400 pages to the first edition, with updates throughout the book (e.g., on various drug therapies). It is very well-organized, primarily as 300 plus chpaters written around body systems (e.g.. digestive disorders) or topical areas (children's health, preventative medicine). The book has many short sub-sections within chapters (typically 5 to 10 pages) that cover specific topics (skin cancer, glaucoma, family planning) that can readily be found in the table of contents. The book is extremely well written with a very detailed index that makes it easy to find information on specific topic. One nice feature of this book is that it is printed to be about the size of a college dictionary (though with larger print than most dictionaries). It also includes an excellent appendix listing other resources for information by topic, with organizations listed out with their mail addresses and web sites.

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