Praise for the 4th Edition...

 

From Health Professionals:

 

"The fourth edition of Slee's Health Care Terms is an outstanding reference. It provides thousands of clean and crisp definitions, each carefully constructed to get right to the point. Health care has become too complex to live without this book on your office shelf."             

— Kevin B. (Kip) Piper, MA, CHE

 

"We have given a copy of Slee's Health Care Terms to each member of our Board of Trustees, key physicians, and managers."                

— Robert Bednarek, Hospital President/CEO

 

"This is an excellent book for those with responsibilities in health care consulting, counseling, and administration ..."              

— American Journal of Health Promotion

 

"All appointees to health-related executive boards, foundations and committees should receive a copy of Health Care Terms. The authors ... must have heard the voices of those crying out in the wilderness-maze of technical and scientific terms that proliferate at exponential speed in this era. The Slees' book is a treasury of definitions ... destined to be a medical classic in the genre of Taber's Medical Dictionary and The Merck Manual."        

— Journal of the Florida Medical Association

 

"It is a "must" for board members ..."         

— The Minnesota Hospital Trustee

 

"Don't feel shy about being a top healthcare executive and not being able to understand all of the latest industry jargon. There appear to be several thousand hospital administrators, trustees and physicians who don't know it all, based on the number of copies of the dictionary Health Care Reform Terms rolling off the presses."             — Modern Healthcare

 

"NCHA believes this book is an excellent resource, especially for hospital trustees."        

— North Carolina Hospital Association

 

From Library & Language Professionals:

 

"Far from being a dry glossary, this volume is a delight to browse, and the reader will discover unexpected gems throughout the book. ... recommended for the general interest library as well as the health care institution. It is a strong resource for both health care professionals and general readers actively involved in their personal medical decisions."          

— American Reference Books Annual (reviewing the Third Edition)

 

"A much needed addition to the reference collection for college libraries which support programs in Nursing, Health Care Administration, Pre-med, Radiology, Medical Records, Medical Secretarial or any health technology related area. Highly recommended."        

— Academic Library Book Review

 

"It is rare to describe a dictionary as lively as this, and while one may not want to curl up in bed with the 4th edition of Slee's Health Care Terms, if any dictionary can be called a delight this one can."         

— American Reference Books Annual (reviewing the Fourth Edition)

 

"Health Care Terms fills a void in the reference collection by providing access to vocabulary that is not found in medical, legal, and business dictionaries. ... It is recommended for all public and academic libraries."

— Booklist

 

"This valuable source is recommended for libraries and organizations supporting health care."           

— CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

 

"It has been one of the most complete glossaries of healthcare terms produced. Every medical library must have one! It should be put in the pocket of every healthcare trustee or board member, every healthcare management student and probably every medical student on the first day in a meeting or class."       

— Doody's Review Service (Doody's Rating: 4 Stars!)

 

"This is a highly recommended book for all medical and academic libraries and an especially useful book for any hospital administrator. Public libraries would benefit greatly with Health Care Terms on their reference shelves."        

— E-STREAMS

 

"Slee's Health Care Terms is highly recommended as a reference source for those seeking an understanding of words, phrases, acronyms, and organizations frequently mentioned in the current health care environment."

— Medical Reference Services Quarterly

 

"This reference contains definitions of over 6,700 nonmedical terms relating to the health care industry in the United States."                   — SciTech Book News

 

"This book ... is enormously helpful in explaining, in a straightforward way and (unfortunately) without rancor, what bureaucracy has bequeathed us... this is an essential aid in unraveling and clarifying — insofar as is possible — the verbiage that assails one from all sides. ... public, private, and especially, hospital librarians should note its great value as an adjunct to the other reference books available, none of which covers the same territory."                 

— Verbatim: The Language Quarterly

 

International Reviews:

 

"[W]ords are not merely defined; they are contextualized and backed up with illustrative examples with which any reader can identify. Clear, coherent, but not overly academic, Slee's Health Care Terms defines these words not easily found in medical, legal or business dictionaries, yet which are integral to success in health care... Who could use this book? The answer is simple: everyone and anyone."           

— Canadian Healthcare Management FORUM

 

"This book is highly useful for a USA based audience or an international audience wanting clear and complete explanations of health care terms recognised in the USA."               

— Public Health (United Kingdom)