LibGuides: School of Public Health: Books

Prevention Diaries

Handbook of Community-Based Participatory Research

Ethnicity, Race, and Health in Multicultural Societies

Evidence-based Public Health

Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Public Health: An Action Guide to Improving Health

Understanding Global Health, 2E

Children, Health and Well-Being: Policy Debates and Lived Experiences

Modern Environments and Human Health: Revisiting the Second Epidemiological Transition

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice

Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press

The Healthcare Professional Workforce: Understanding Human Capital in a Changing Industry

Medical Dictionaries

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary by VENES
Call Number: W 13 T113c 2017

ISBN: 9780803659049

Publication Date: 2017-01-31

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Premium Resources available here feature a wealth of interactive, multimedia resources for nursing, allied health, and medical students and professionals. You can explore through Sight & Sound features over 1,200 images with short definitions and audio pronunciations that enhance the learning experience.
Taber's Audio provides pronunciations for almost 32,000 terms found in Taber's.
Bonus Appendices include valuable educational and clinical health care resources, tools, and reference materials.
The extensive vocabulary defined in Taber's has been updated to meet the ongoing needs of health care students, educators, and clinicians, as well as interested consumers. The medical editor, nursing editor, and the nursing and allied health consulting editors and consultants have researched and written new entries, revised existing entries, and deleted obsolete ones, reflecting the many changes in health care technology, clinical practice, and patient care. American, rather than British, spellings are preferred." -- from "Features and Their Use", Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing by Stedman's Medical Dictionary Staff (Produced by)
Call Number: W 13 S8125 2012

ISBN: 9781608316922

Publication Date: 2011-04-21

"Contains medical terminology used in more than 30 of today's fastest growing health profession area--plus comprehensive entries important to the nursing field" -- from the back cover.
Melloni's Illustrated Medical Dictionary by Ida G. Dox; B. John Melloni; June L. Melloni (Editor); Gilbert M. Eisner
Call Number: W 13 M49 2002

ISBN: 9781850700944

Publication Date: 2001-10-25

"Few illustrated medical dictionaries achieve the stature of this book. It is not simply a medical dictionary but a trove of more than 3,000 remarkable illustrations. Nearly all are the extraordinary line drawings that have become the hallmark of the Melloni dictionariesThis book will be a valuable resource for students in the health sciences, and for undergraduates, readers in public libraries, and high school students." - L.M. McMain, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA in CHOICE, July 2002 "This is a one-of-a-kind dictionary. The unique quality of the dictionary is the inclusion of nice illustrations. I love this dictionary!" - LouAnn Schraffenberger, RHIA, CCS, SSC-P, University of Illinois, Chicago School of Biomed and Health Info Management, for Doody's Notes. Amazon.com

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Clinical References and Medical Education Resources
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International Encyclopedia of Public Health by Stella R. Quah (Editor-In-Chief); Kristian Heggenhougen (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780123739605

Publication Date: 2008-09-08