Magill's Medical Guide (6th edition)

The sixth edition of Magill's Medical Guide contains 1,178 entries, including 161 new subjects, on medical procedures, organs, organ systems, diseases, disorders and more. Purchase of the six volume print edition includes access to the electronic version at health.salem.com. According to the publisher's website “the purchase of the printed set entitles a school or library to three years of complimentary online access to the Medical Guide's content” (Salem Press, 2010). This includes both onsite and remote access. The reviewer only had access to the online version.

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