*Full color design helps illustrate and clarify definitions. *Definitions cover all areas of nursing, medicine, and allied health.*Thoroughly reviewed by more than 100 specialists in all areas of nursing, medicine, and allied health.*The practical, strict alphabetical organization with no subentries (a la Webster’s) makes it easier to find entries.*Drug entries include all key drugs released since 1995.*Hundreds of lab test definitions explain the purpose, procedures, and expected outcomes of key lab tests.*Pronunciations for key entries.*Includes eponyms for most entries. *Easy to read large type size.*Color Atlas of Human Anatomy contains high quality, full-color, labeled drawings of all body systems.*Approximately 2,200 color photographs and line drawings *Also includes lists of tables and illustrations in the front matter, List of appendixes on the front end sheets, and thumb-indexing*Nursing diagnosis entries reflect changes in terminology and the new taxonomy approved for 2001-2002; subheadings and related factors have been added to these definitions.*Definitions have been added for all current NIC (Nursing Interventions Classifications) interventions and NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classifications) outcomes.*Appendixes include alternative therapies; new nutritional info; drug information; the manual alphabet; poison centers; key organization contact information, including Internet resources; Nursing Outcomes Classification; Nursing Interventions Classification; NANDA; and the Omaha Systems Classification. Read Less