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Dewey Decimal Number: 617.0014 EAN: 9780781738316 Edition: 2nd ISBN: 0781738318 Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 844 Publication Date: June 15, 2002 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A quick reference of clinical terms cross-indexed for easy access. Written for healthcare professionals. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - FrustratingAs a fairly new transcriptionist working on a mainly surgical account, I need all the help I can get from my references, and I have found this book to be extremely frustrating. In the month that I have owned it, I have found TWO (yes, TWO) terms that I was looking for. The rest I have found by using other resources. Save your money. Rating:  - I no longer use this reference.In reading the other two reviews of this book, I am dismayed. I am also somewhat surprised given the usefulness of other Steadman's publications. This particular book has so few surgical words that I look up that I no longer even bother. It is more frustrating and a waste of time than helpful. I hate to say this, but it is my experience. Rating: - Perhaps a bit superfluousI'm a huge fan of the Stedman's books, as they collect a tremendous amount of terminology under each of several specialized areas for their various books. A medical transcriptionist must have such books, and I have found in three-plus years that the Stedman's approach is vastly superior to having a single volume with all terms lumped together. However, with the Surgery book I find that the terms I need to look up are usually found under the other specialty headings. For instance, Nissen ... Read More Rating:  - Stedman's Surgery WordsAn essential reference book for the transcriptionist, proofer, auditor or anyone who reviews dictated surgical reports on a regular basis. As with all of Stedman's books, this speciality specific volume contains the correct spelling of surgical words listed in alphabetical order. In the back of the book, it contains wonderful pictures of anatomic positions, patient positions, types of anesthesia and Dermatones. There is a pain glossary, example op reports and a listing of drugs by indication. A must ... Read More 
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