Black's Medical Dictionary |
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Author:
| MacPherson, Gordon |
Series title: | Black's Medical Dictionary Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-56833-129-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
Publisher: | Madison Books, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $61.95 |
Book Description:
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Black's Medical Dictionary first appeared in 1906. That new century was to see health care in the United Kingdom evolve from a largely personal, paternalistic consultation between doctor and patient, based more on medical tradition than medical science, to a complex, science-based, team-oriented and managed service. The emergence of the informed patient was largely responsible for this change, and publications like this dictionary, the contents of which have during its forty-one...
More DescriptionBlack's Medical Dictionary first appeared in 1906. That new century was to see health care in the United Kingdom evolve from a largely personal, paternalistic consultation between doctor and patient, based more on medical tradition than medical science, to a complex, science-based, team-oriented and managed service. The emergence of the informed patient was largely responsible for this change, and publications like this dictionary, the contents of which have during its forty-one editions reflected these changes in medicine, have served as a catalyst.