Medical Language
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-498839-9 (ISBN)
Hands-on practice offers practical exposure to real-world healthcare tasks. Chapter review exercises include analysis of real medical reports, as well as role-play activities prompting you to describe a patient's condition using medical language.
Organized by medical specialty, the 5th Edition has been regrouped into 15 chapters designed for a 16-week course. Each chapter now consists of 5 sections correlated with learning outcomes. Practice Laps at the end of each section gauge your comprehension by learning outcome.
About our author Susan M. Turley, MA (Education), BSN, RN, RHIT, CMT, is a full-time author and editor with extensive experience in both the medical and educational fields. As a healthcare professional, Susan has worked in a variety of healthcare settings: acute care/ICU, long-term care, physicians' offices and managed care. She has held positions as an intensive care nurse, plasmapheresis nurse, infection control officer, physician office auditor, medical transcriptionist, director of education, and director of quality management and corporate compliance for an HMO. An adjunct professor in the School of Health, Wellness, and Physical Education of Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland, Susan has taught courses in medical terminology, pathophysiology, pharmacology and medical transcription. She was instrumental in gaining initial accreditation for the college's medical assisting program. Susan co-developed The SUM Program for Medical Transcription Training and reference books for the Health Professions Institute, and developed the curricula for the bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs for the International Institute of Original Medicine. She has been a guest speaker at national seminars on accreditation of utilization management programs, medical transcription teacher training and health information management certification examination review. Susan is also the author of the soon-to-be-released Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals, 6th Edition (Pearson, 2021) and more than 40 articles published in medical transcription and health information management journals. With physician coauthors, she has written 3 nationally funded grants and 2 chapters in physicians' anesthesiology and ENT textbooks. She has also coauthored numerous abstracts and articles published in nationally known medical journals, and most recently was the editor for an opinion column that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Susan holds a master of arts degree in adult education from Norwich University in Vermont and a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the Pennsylvania State University, and has state licensure as an RN. She is a member of and has national certification in medical transcription from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI). She is also a member of and has national certification from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
Medical Language and Health Care Today
Dermatology & Integumentary System
Gastroenterology & Gastrointestinal System
Pulmonology & Respiratory System
Cardiology & Cardiovascular System
Hematology and Immunology & Blood and Lymphatic System
Orthopedics & Skeletal System
Orthopedics & Muscular System
Neurology & Nervous System
Urology & Urinary System
Male Reproductive Medicine & Male Genitourinary System
Gynecology and Obstetrics & Female Genital and Reproductive System
Endocrinology & Endocrine System
Ophthalmology & Eye
Otolaryngology & Ears, Nose, and Throat
APPENDICES
Glossary of Medical Word Parts: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
Glossary of Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Short Forms
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2019 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 275 mm |
| Gewicht | 1821 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-498839-6 / 0134988396 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-498839-9 / 9780134988399 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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