Mastering Healthcare Terminology

Betsy J. Shiland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

752 Seiten

2022 | 7th edition
Mosby (Verlag)
9780323825238 (ISBN)

Infos

Master the terminology you need to communicate clearly and confidently in the healthcare setting! Using small learning segments or "chunks," Mastering Healthcare Terminology, 7th Edition makes it easy to learn medical terms and definitions. Concepts and terms are immediately followed by exercises to reinforce and assess your understanding. Organizing terminology by body system, the book covers prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, and realistic case studies help you apply your knowledge to practice. Special boxes help you avoid terminology pitfalls. Written by respected educator Betsy Shiland, this book includes an Evolve website with medical animations, flash cards, quizzes, word games, and more.



Frequent word part and word building exercises reinforce your understanding with immediate opportunities for practice and review
Pathology and diagnostic terminology tables summarize the phonetic pronunciation of terms, word origin, and definitions
Case studies provide an opportunity to see terminology in use
Be Careful boxes remind you of potentially confusing look-alike or sound-alike word parts and terms
Age Matters boxes highlight important concepts and terminology for both pediatric and geriatric patients
Labeling exercises and hundreds of illustrations help you learn anatomy and the accompanying combining forms
Focus On boxes put it all together by highlighting a disorder or procedure that uses the medical terminology presented throughout the chapter
Coverage of electronic medical records prepares you for using EHR in the healthcare setting
Evolve website includes medical animations, electronic flash cards, quizzes, and word games such as Tournament of Terminology, Medical Millionaire, and Match the Word Part



NEW! Point of Interest boxes offer a complete picture of selected diseases and procedures
NEW gradable activities are added to the Evolve website for this edition
NEW terms and photos keep you up to date with advances in healthcare

Autor

Betsy Shiland has authored 2 very successful medical terminology texts, along with a statistics text for health information management students. She is a credentialed coder (CCS, CPC), an EMT, a cancer registrar, and a health data administrator. She taught at Central College in Philadelphia for over 20 years.

Inhalt

PART I BASIC TERMINOLOGY
1. Introduction to Healthcare Terminology
2. Body Structure and Directional Terminology

PART II BODY SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY
3. Musculoskeletal System
4. Integumentary System
5. Gastrointestinal System
6. Urinary System
7. Male Reproductive System
8. Female Reproductive System and Pregnancy
9. Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune Systems
10. Cardiovascular System
11. Respiratory System
12. Nervous System
13. Eye and Ear
14. Endocrine System

PART III SPECIALTY TERMINOLOGY
15. Mental and Behavioral Health
16. Oncology

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2022
• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 490 illustrations (490 in full color); Illustrations
• Verlagsort: St Louis
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 216 x 276 mm
• Gewicht: 1620 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• ISBN-13: 9780323825238 / 9780323825238
• Zustand: Neuware