Description: Terminology for Health Professionals, sixth edition focuses on successful learning by applying information in the context in which it is used in a medical environment. Clinical and technical information is presented by combining actual medical reports and real-world examples with basic medical terminology. Practice exercises integrated throughout each chapter reinforce learning by helping learners pinpoint specific areas for review in mastering content. Written by a training specialist and reviewed by numerous physicians, clinicians and office support staff, the material reflects the most current terminology. An Accompanying StudyWARETM CD-ROM offers additional practice through interactive quizzes and fun activities that correlate with each chapter in the book. Product Benefits: - Accompanying StudyWARETM CD-ROM offers additional practice through interactive quizzes and fun activities that correlate with each chapter in the book
- Listening Exercises with actual medical reports help you put into practice terms learned and transition into the workplace.
- Medical Reports provide in-depth exposure to a variety of dictation styles experienced in the office environment.
- Working Practice Sections link terminology to the medical environment
- Dictionary Exercises provide practice with terminology commonly used in dictation
- Specialty Chapters on pharmacology, oncology, radiology and nuclear medicine, and mental health offer added knowledge and dimension to increase readers' ability to secure employment
Table of Contents: Chapter 01: Building a Medical Vocabulary.
Chapter 02: Introduction to Body Structure.
Chapter 03: The Medical History and Physical Examination.
Chapter 04: Pharmacology.
Chapter 05: The Integumentary System.
Chapter 06: The Musculoskeletal System.
Chapter 07: Surgery.
Chapter 08: The Cardiovascular System.
Chapter 09: The Blood and Lymph Systems.
Chapter 10: Oncology.
Chapter 11: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.
Chapter 12: The Respiratory System.
Chapter 13: The Digestive System.
Chapter 14: Discharge Summaries.
Chapter 15: The Urinary System.
Chapter 16: The Female Reproductive System.
Chapter 17: The Male Reproductive System.
Chapter 18: Pathology and Autopsies.
Chapter 19: The Endocrine System.
Chapter 20: The Nervous System.
Chapter 21: Mental Health.
Chapter 22: The Eye.
Chapter 23: The Ear, Nose and Throat. |
