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Nursing Dictionaries

Medical and Nursing dictionaries to help you gain understanding!

Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions
A one-stop authoritative health care reference that provides definitions, appendixes, a color atlas of the human body, online resources, and illustrations.
Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary
A dictionary focusing on Midwifery and Maternity nursing.

Credo Reference Collection This link opens in a new window
A large collection of reference resources, with many focused on health sciences. Try clicking on dictionaries, and choosing the subject MEDICINE.

Health Directory Thesaurus
The Australian Health Thesaurus is a living working tool which assists consistency and subject retrieval of health and ageing concepts. It can be useful for understanding health and nursing related concepts
Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research

Nursing Encyclopedias

Health and Medical Encyclopaedias

Encyclopaedias are a useful starting point for an introduction to a topic or to find factual information. Although the examples below are credible, scholarly sources, encyclopaedias are not generally referenced in academic essays.

The Brain Book: An illustrated guide to structure, functions, and disorders
The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease
Desk Encyclopedia of Human and Medical Virology
Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice
Encyclopedia of Elder Care
Encyclopedia of Heart Diseases
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
Encyclopedia of Women's Health
Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders
This encyclopedic guide reveals and details all aspects of the body, from the secrets of DNA to the functions of every major body system.
The International Encyclopedia of Depression
Key Concepts in Public Health
Sexually Transmitted Disease : An Encyclopedia of Diseases, Prevention, Treatment, and Issues

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