Product Benefits: - New chapter highlights history and trends of health care
- Mandates of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are incorporated throughout
- Careers have been organized according to National Career Clusters
- New section on bioterrorism provides information on prevention and action
- Information on viruses has been expanded to include new potential sources of epidemics and pandemics, with additional emphasis on infection control
- Section on cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been revised to meet the American Heart Association's latest standards for CPR for health care professionals
- Weight Management section discusses calculation of ideal weight, loss and gain strategies, and food choices to maintain health
- New feature called "Today's Research—Tomorrow's Health Care" explores cutting edge health science technology research and considers future application
- StudyWare CD-ROM provides numerous games and activities such as Concentration, Hangman, Crossword Puzzles, and Quizzes, as well as multimedia animations of physiological processes
- Conforms to National Health Care Skills Standards, with a new appendix demonstrating correlation of chapters in the text to these standards
- Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, communication skills and professional standards and appearance are covered
- Step-by-step procedures provide detailed information on proper technique for many health science technology skills
- Internet Search topics at the end of each chapter encourage the student to explore the web to research health care
- Review questions by chapter assess comprehension
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