Synopsis
A brief, affordable alternative for anyone wanting a user-friendly way to learn often complex medical terminology. It is an excellent reference for anyone interested in learning more about his own medical condition and prescriptions, as well as for many industries such as law, insurance, and pharmaceuticals who require their employees to have a solid grounding in medical terminology.
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From the Back Cover
An essential resource for anyone in a medical transcription course or in allied health, nursing, or biology programs, this self-study programmed text presents the most commonly used terms, abbreviations, drugs, diseases, and disorders related to health and medicine. Arranged by body system and medical-surgical specialty areas, it provides a basic method for acquiring the essentials needed to build a medical vocabulary with immediate feedback to the learner while allowing for review.
- Features:
- Essential terminology with pronunciation keys and word elements.
- FREE integrated website - www.prenhall.com/rice - compliments the text with study-guide style quiz questions and immediate tabulation of quiz results.
- Full-color art and design.
- More than 600 review exercises, abbreviations, and drugs and disorders.
- Case studies featuring Present History; Signs and Symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Prevention; and Risk Factor.
- More tables, figures, and illustrations assist in comprehension.
- Explanation frames assist in applying facts about health and medicine throughout.
- Unit openings feature a chapter overview, learning objectives, and include primary word elements.
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