Steiner Quick Medical Terminology

A Self-Teaching Guide
4. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-48082-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Self-Teaching Guides

* Expand your working medical vocabulary
* Work at your own pace to master the latest terms andtechniques
* Learn all the essential Greek and Latin building blocks
Learn at your own pace with the guidebook that has sold over400,000 copies
What word is used to describe a fatty tumor? Why are qualifiersnecessary in medical terminology? How does kinesialgia occur? Whatdoes "involution" mean? With Quick Medical Terminology: ASelf-Teaching Guide, Fourth Edition, you'll discover theanswers to these questions and many more.
Using a unique word-building system that begins with a review ofGreek and Latin word roots, Shirley Steiner provides the toolsnecessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire ofmedical terms. This new fourth edition helps readers understand thesimple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words,featuring new review exercises and up-to-date examples. Thestep-by-step, clearly structured format of Quick MedicalTerminology makes it fully accessible, providing an easilyunderstood, comprehensive overview.
Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Quick Medical Terminologyallows you to build gradually on what you have learned-at your ownpace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in eachchapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas ofconcern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear,concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source forpractitioners and students who need to expand, improve, or refreshtheir medical vocabularies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steiner, Shirley Soltesz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

To the Reader.
Objectives of the Program.
Pronunciation Key.
The Word-Building Strategy.
List of Illustrations.
1 Basic Word Roots and Common Suffixes.
2 More Word Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes.
3 Basic Anatomical Terms and Abnormal Conditions.
4 The Genitals and Urinary Tract.
5 The Gastrointestinal Tract.
6 The Heart.
7 Symptoms, Diagnoses, Treatments, Communication, Qualifiers,andStatistics.
8 Growth and Development, and Body Orientation.
9 Gynecology, Pregnancy, and Childbirth.
10 The Eye and the Respiratory Tract.
Review Sheets.
Final Self-Test I.
Final Self-Test II.
Appendix A: Medical Abbreviations.
Appendix B: Forming Plurals.
Index ofWords and Word Parts.

Über Autor(innen)

SHIRLEY SOLTESZ STEINER, R.N., M.S., is an Instructional Technologist who has worked with leading corporations and innovators in the training field, including AT&T, Media Medica, Inc., and MetroMedia. She brings more than twenty years of experience to the design and development of self-instructional, classroom, and on-the-job training programs. Steiner revised the third edition of Quick Medical Terminology (Wiley).