Gale Encyclopedia Of Medicine
The Gale Encyclopedia
of Medicine
TRUSTED CONTENT WHEN IT
Features of the five-volume set include:
MATTERS MOST
■ Approximately 1,750 entries (500
to 4,000 words) written by medical
Health care issues are no longer a
specialists and reviewed by expert
matter for purely professional research.
medical advisers including more than 100
Rather, individuals are responding from
new entries and 250 updated entries
a consumer perspective, playing an
action-oriented role on their health care
■ More than 690 full-color illustrations,
team. Respond to consumers’ increased
photographs and tables
queries with the third edition of the
■ Biographical and historical sidebars
award-winning Gale Encyclopedia of
throughout the text
Medicine, a resource that provides detailed
■ Resources section comprised of books,
information on approximately 1,750 topics.
periodicals, Web sites and contact
information for national support
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF
agencies and organizations
RELEVANT ISSUES
■ Comprehensive subject index
Individuals face a wide variety of health
concerns throughout their lifetime –
from the worries of Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome when caring for a newborn
to the challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease
with aging parents. The Gale Encyclopedia
of Medicine covers a lifetime of issues in
language that is easily understood by the
lay user, yet also appropriate for allied
health students.
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FROM DIAGNOSIS TO PROGNOSIS
Test/treatment articles contain some or all
AND MORE
of the following sections:
Arranged in disease/disorder and test/
■ Definitions – brief dictionary-style
treatment articles, the Encyclopedia lets
definition of the test/treatment
users comfortably access the information
■ Purposes – why and when this test/
that is most relevant to their particular
treatment is prescribed
stage of research. Then, as their need for
■ Precautions – when this test/treatment
further information evolves over time, the
should not be prescribed
Encyclopedia provides appropriate content.
■ Descriptions – overview of the test/
Disease/disorder articles contain some or all
treatment including cost, length of time
of the following sections:
required, procedures followed, whether
typically covered by insurance
■ Definitions – brief dictionary-style
definition of the disorder
■ Preparation – pre-test treatment
procedures, if any
■ Descriptions – overview of the disorder;
who gets it and why
■ Aftercare – post-test treatment
procedures, if any
■ Causes & symptoms – process, substance
or organism that produces the
■ Risks – any complications/side effects
condition; any risk factors that increase
commonly associated with the test/
susceptibility to the condition; signs and
treatment
symptoms of the disease
■ Normal results – for tests, describes the
normal values; for treatments, describes
■ Diagnosis – overview of procedures and
tests used to diagnose the condition;
the anticipated outcomes
how the test is done; who should
■ Abnormal results – defines abnormal test
be tested and when; time required;
values
cost; whether it’s typically covered by
insurance
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■ Treatments – overview of conventional
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■ Alternative treatments – overview of
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■ Prognosis – probably outcome of the
disease
■ Preventions – what actions can be taken
to prevent the condition from occurring
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