"This full-color dictionary of medical, nursing, and health care terminology is renowned for both its clear, complete definitions and its incomparable color illustrations. Trusted by more health professionals and students for years, now the 7th edition is even better than ever: 5000 new definitions; new CD-ROM with valuable tools - complete, fully functional medical spellchecker, medical terminology activities, audio pronunciations, English-Spanish phrase translations, and more; all nursing diagnosis entries reflect the 2005-2006 NANDA terminology and the newest information from NIC and NOC; new and updated appendixes cover JCAHO changes in documentation, functional health patterns, new nutritional standards, and much more; and expanded definitions of over 70 key conditions now contain full, detailed nursing process information."--BOOK JACKET.