English-Russian Medical Dictionary: English in Medical Practice

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Summary: Great handbook for a medical student, doctor or translator!
Review: This is an unusual book - a dictionary and a phrasebook under the same cover. I found it very helpful when obtaining a full medical history and performing an exam of a patient. It has all the needed vocabulary; all the questions that are generally asked by a doctor.
The following part of the book has 21 history cases: from cardiac arrest to appendicitis, from chest pain to asthmatic attack in a child, to drug overdose, knee injury, etc. There are separate chapters with practical words related to operative surgery, medical administration, etc.
This book also includes a chapter with medical abbreviations, and examples of doctor's referral, discharge and some other letters commonly used by doctors.