The Language of Medicine | 
 enlarge | Author: Davi-ellen Chabner
Publisher: Saunders
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 2580
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1030
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 1416034927
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9781416034926
ASIN: 1416034927
Publication Date: February 14, 2007
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Condition: A lot of writings in the first 30 pages,the rest pages are clean,no markings,sealed cd rom.pages. Drawings on the front cover ( crossing lines ).Prompt shipping with USPS tracking.
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Product Description
This market-leading text helps readers understand and learn complex medical terms by dividing them into their component parts, clearly explaining the meanings of these terms in the context of how the body works in health and disease. Terminology and complex medical processes are described in an easy-to-understand manner that is readily accessible to learners of all levels. The Language of Medicine brings medical terms to life with a text/workbook format organized by body systems, offering additional chapters on specific key areas of health care, such as cancer and psychiatry. Anatomy and physiology sections are generously illustrated in full color and reinforced with exercises on combining forms and word parts.
- Spotlights focus on easily confused terms and concepts.
- Presents medical terms in the context of anatomy and physiology, following a logical body-system chapter organization.
- Clearly explains the material in simple, non-technical language, making the information accessible even to students with little or no previous medical or scientific background.
- Medical experts have extensively reviewed all chapters for accuracy.
- Practical applications keep students engaged and focused, such as Case Scenarios and Practical Applications that offer case reports, operative and diagnostic tests, and laboratory and x-ray reports.
- Text/workbook format uses a variety of exercises and activities to reinforce and build on the information students learn.
- Explanations of clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and abbreviations related to each body system or medical specialty show medical terminology in practice.
- Pronunciation of Terms list at the end of each chapter provides phonetic spellings and spaces to write the meanings of terms.
- A wealth of exercises within each chapter and at the end of each section challenge readers to test their understanding of material.
- New icons facilitate navigation within the chapters and add visual interest.
- Colorful new page layout is designed to hold students' interest.
- Line drawings have been newly rendered in a rich new color palette with a more three-dimensional look.
- New Medical Scramble activity presents scrambled terms for the student to decipher - a fun way to improve spelling accuracy and knowledge of terms.
- The latest medical advances are incorporated throughout, such as stem cell research, c-reactive protein, sentinel node biopsy, and molecular targeted drugs.
- Four new case studies have been added to the Practical Applications sections in the cardiovascular and blood system chapters.
- A controlled substances table is included in the chapter on pharmacology.
- Bones and their common names are presented in a new table.
- Expanded coverage of diagnostic tests and procedures, such as: virtual colonoscopy; urinalysis; breast ultrasound and MRI; photo-selective vaporization of the prostate; new methods for managing arrhythmias; PET of the lung; coverage of multiple myeloma; CD4 lymphocyte count; irradiation, photon therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery; abnormal involuntary movement scale (AIMS).
- A complementary and alternative medicine appendix provides information on popular therapies.
- Icons in the text direct students to extra information on procedures and terms on the companion CD.
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Thorough and user-friendly June 26, 2008
This book has turned out to be an extremely user-friendly and comprehensive text for medical terminology. I would recommend it to anyone, whether they have previous medical knowledge or not. The format is easy to follow and basically guarantees you will learn and remember your material.
Great Medical Terminology Review June 10, 2008
I purchased this book to review some Medical Terminology prior to the start of my PA program. This book has plenty of exercises to practice, and the chapters cover a lot of different subjects with useful information you may or may not already know. A CD comes with the book that has exercises similar to those in the text, but less repetitive. Even though I already know a lot of this from my prior education, it is a great review or intro for those that are new to the subject. I highly recommend this book to any Pre-PA students, pre-med, or pre-health students.
Excellent preparation for medical fields April 11, 2008
The Language of Medicine by Davi-Ellen Chabner is the best workbook out there for learning medical terminology, and it also comes with a CD. I'm an occupational therapist and medical librarian, and the knowledge I gained from this text prepared me for both fields.
go from a novice to pro March 7, 2008
this book really takes a person who knows nothing about the subject and lets them become an an expert by the time they are done
Medical Terminology February 26, 2008
This is a remarkable book for anyone interested in the medical field. You don't have to be a professional doctor or nurse to use it, the language is every day understandable and can be used over and over again. If someone asked me to sell my book to them because they were going to take the class I would not do it. The illustrations are excellent in helping you learn all about the body. I will finish my class this week and intend to re-read this entire book over again because I know I missed alot of interesting facts that can be used throughout my lifetime.
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