Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Fifth Edition is a health reference product designed to inform and educate readers about a wide variety of health topics, including diseases, disorders, conditions, treatments and diagnostic tests, diets, alternative treatments, and prevention. Gale, Cengage Learning believes the product to be comprehensive, but not necessarily definitive. 

Since 2011, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner  has served as an advisor and contributing editor for Cengage Gale health science and public health resources.