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Arán Ediciones

Spanish academic publisher specialising in medicine, health sciences and vocational training manuals.

Last updated September 26, 2026

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Overview

Arán Ediciones is a Spanish academic publishing house based in Madrid and operating under the Grupo Arán umbrella. According to its own corporate description, it is an editorial with more than 30 years of experience and one of the best-known names in the world of medicine, healthcare and the health sector. Its catalogue spans treatises, guides, journals and training books, with a deep backlist coordinated by leading authors and specialists across fields such as Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Anaesthesia, Digestive Pathology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Emergency Medicine. The publisher's content reaches universities, teaching and training centres, specialised bookshops, and its own website and online store. Arán Ediciones maintains an in-house team of professionals including medical language and style editors, translators, designers and layout specialists. In recent years, driven by growth in vocational training, it has created specific manuals for the health branch of Spanish vocational education (Formación Profesional), covering areas such as Emergency Health Services, Auxiliary Nursing Care, Dental Hygiene, Pathological Anatomy and Cytodiagnosis, Dental Prosthetics, and Radiotherapy and Dosimetry. It also publishes manuals for the sociocultural services branch, including care for people in situations of dependency and early childhood education, as well as for the agrarian branch, such as Forest Management and the Natural Environment. Its manuals are designed to facilitate student learning through sections such as "Recuerda que" (Remember that), extracts, summaries, images and question sets. The company has a headquarters in one of the best and most central areas of Madrid. Its online store sells both physical and digital books, with digital titles offered for online viewing without shipping. Best-selling titles visible on its homepage include patient-oriented works such as "Controlando mi hipertensión día a día" and professional manuals such as "Manual de soporte vital en gestante" and dental prosthetics textbooks. Arán Ediciones is therefore best understood as a specialist Spanish-language academic and professional publisher, closely tied to the health sciences and to vocational training curricula.

History

Arán Ediciones is a Spanish academic publisher based in Madrid and operating within Grupo Arán. Its own corporate profile states that it is an editorial with more than 30 years of experience and one of the best-known in the world of medicine, healthcare and the health sector. That self-description places its origins in the late 20th century, though the exact founding year is not given in the available evidence. From its base in Madrid, the publisher built a catalogue of treatises, guides, journals and training books. Its editorial programme has been coordinated by leading authors and specialists across a wide range of medical disciplines, including Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Anaesthesia, Digestive Pathology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Emergency Medicine. This specialist focus positioned Arán Ediciones as a reference publisher for Spanish-language medical and health professionals. Distribution developed through multiple channels: universities, teaching and training centres, specialised bookshops, and the company's own website and online store. To support this output, Arán Ediciones assembled an in-house team of professionals including medical language and style editors, translators, designers and layout specialists. In recent years the publisher expanded into vocational training (Formación Profesional), creating specific manuals for the health branch of Spanish vocational education. Titles cover Emergency Health Services, Auxiliary Nursing Care, Dental Hygiene, Pathological Anatomy and Cytodiagnosis, Dental Prosthetics, and Radiotherapy and Dosimetry, among others. It also publishes manuals for the sociocultural services branch, such as care for people in situations of dependency and early childhood education, and for the agrarian branch, such as Forest Management and the Natural Environment. Pedagogically, the manuals are structured to facilitate student learning with sections such as "Recuerda que", extracts, summaries, images and question sets. The company operates from a headquarters in one of the best and most central areas of Madrid, and sells both physical and digital books through its online store, with digital titles available for online viewing without shipping. Its current catalogue includes recent editions such as "Prótesis sobre implantes. 2.ª ed." (2026) and "Controlando mi hipertensión día a día" (2026), indicating an active publishing programme.

  • Arán Ediciones establishes itself as a specialist medical and health sciences publisher with more than 30 years of experience.

  • Expansion into vocational training (Formación Profesional) with manuals for the health branch.

  • Publication of manuals for sociocultural services and agrarian branches, including Forest Management and the Natural Environment.

  • Launch of online store offering physical and digital books, with digital titles for online viewing without shipping.

  • Publication of "Prótesis sobre implantes. 2.ª ed." (2026).

  • Publication of "Controlando mi hipertensión día a día" (2026).

Products and positioning

Specialist Spanish-language academic publisher for medicine, health sciences and vocational training.

  • Medical manual

    Manual de soporte vital en gestante para el...

  • Patient education

    Controlando mi hipertensión día a día. Todo lo que necesito saber sobre la tensión arterial y cómo c

  • Dental prosthetics textbook

    Prótesis sobre implantes. 2.ª ed.

  • Dental prosthetics textbook

    Prótesis parciales removibles metálicas, de...

  • Orthodontics textbook

    Aparatos de ortodoncia y férulas oclusales. 2.ª...

  • Dental prosthetics textbook

    Prótesis completas. 2.ª ed.

  • Vocational training manual

    Habilidades sociales

  • Vocational training manual

    Maniobras con cuerdas (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Guía en el medio natural...

  • Vocational training manual

    Socorrismo en el medio natural...

  • Vocational training manual

    Técnicas de natación (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Técnicas de tiempo libre (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Guía de bicicleta (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Guía de baja y media montaña (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Organización de itinerarios (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Atención a grupos (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Guía ecuestre (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Técnicas de equitación (TEGU)

  • Vocational training manual

    Metodología de la enseñanza de...

  • Vocational training manual

    Actividades físico-deportivas...

  • Language training manual

    English For Health Care Providers

  • Dental prosthetics textbook

    Laboratorio de prótesis dentales

  • Dental prosthetics textbook

    Diseno funcional de prótesis

  • Dental prosthetics textbook

    Restauraciones y recubrimientos...

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