"This new edition of A Dictionary of Nursing provides, in over 10,500 entries, explanations of the terms and concepts likely to be encountered by student and practising nurses and allied health professionals during the course of their work and training. In addition to terms relating specifically to the nursing profession and the nursing process, there are many entries in the fields of medicine, surgery, anatomy and physiology, ethics, statistics, endocrinology, psychiatry, and pharmacology. For this edition, many new terms have been added, increasing the coverage of such fields as radiography, dentistry, public health, and epidemiology. Drug names reflect the use of recommended International Non-proprietary Names (rINNs)"-- Provided by publisher.