The Oxford companion to medicine / edited by John Walton, Paul B. Beeson, Ronald Bodley Scott ; associate editors and principal contributors, S.G. Owen, Philip Rhodes

Date : 1986

Editeur / Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Oxford University Press , 1986

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 0-19-261191-7

Médecine -- Dictionnaires

Médecine -- Dictionnaires biographiques

Classification Dewey : 610/.3/21

Walton, John Nicholas (1922-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Beeson, Paul Bruce (1908-) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Résumé / Abstract : Encyclopedia of medical terminology, biographical entries, and essays on "disciplines, specialties, and topics affecting the practice of medicine in the broadest sense." Intended for health professionals and interested laypersons, as well as for English-language audiences. Contents have Anglo-American emphasis. Topical entries include names of contributors and references. Cross references. Appendixes of major medical academic qualifications and of abbreviations