Exploring Medical Language: A Student Directed Approach [Paperback]

Myrna LaFleur Brooks BEd RN (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0323012183 | ISBN-13: 978-0323012188 | Publication Date: February 8, 2002 | Edition: 5

In this new edition of a time-tested, proven method, Exploring Medical Language provides the basic knowledge of medical language that students need to communicate clearly and understand communication from other health care team members. This easy-to-use book offers clear presentations of medical terms built from word parts, as well as terms not built from word parts that are sometimes not covered in other texts. It also reviews anatomic terminology. A wealth of exercises help students memorize word parts and their meanings so they can confidently combine parts to form medical terms.

• A vivid, full-color page design and full-color illustrations emphasize terms to be learned, bring content to life, and make learning easier.
• Extensive learning aids for students, including flash cards, audiotapes with definitions and pronunciations, and an accompanying CD-ROM with additional exercises offer more valuable learning tools than any other medical terminology book.
• Comprehensive coverage distinguishes between terms built from word parts and those not easily recognized as built from word parts.
• Systemic presentation of medical terminology provides a foundation of word parts and shows how words are built by combining the parts, giving students a set of skills to recognize and define new words as they encounter them.

• A consistent color key uses different colors to represent sections on diagnostic, pathology, and pharmacy terms, setting these sections apart and making them easy to locate within a chapter.
• New terms and abbreviations reflect advances in technology and changes in health care delivery system, providing the student with the most up-to-date terminology.
• Chapter outlines at the beginning of each chapter communicate chapter content at a glance and allow readers to find a specific topic quickly.
• Function sections with separate headings in the body systems chapters clearly introduce and describe the function of each body system.
• Review exercises on abbreviations in each chapter help students memorize abbreviations in medical terminology.
• "Real-life" case studies, formatted as actual medical reports, encourage critical thinking and demonstrate how to apply information.

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Book Description

Comprehensive coverage distinguishes between terms built from word parts and those not easily recognized

About the Author

Myrna LaFleur Brooks, BEd, RN, CHUC, Founding President of the National Association of Health Unit Clerks/Coordinators, Chairperson, Health Science Division, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 5 edition (February 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323012183
• ISBN-13: 978-0323012188
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Textbook! Received an "A" in my class also!, December 11, 2004

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This review is from: Exploring Medical Language: A Student Directed Approach (Paperback)

I just took this course at a local college and I thought this textbook was excellent. The materials are well laid out and the book includes many photos and drawings of medical procedures. The book includes the following sections for each chapter: anatomy, combining forms, prefixes, suffixes, terms built from word parts, terms not built from word parts, procedures, diseases, acronymns, and many excellent practice sections in each chapter. If you follow the layout of the chapters and do the practice exercies then you will do well in this class. Medical terminology is very logical and practical. Good luck!

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THANKS FOR THE "A" MYRNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!, March 27, 2003

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Before I bought "Exploring Medical Language" I knew absolutely nothing, and I mean nothing about Medical Terminology.
And to tell you the truth, when I first opened this huge, intimidating, monster of a book, It scared... me... I mean, wouldn't "rhabdomyosarcoma" or "esophagogastroduodenoscopy"
frighten you (just a bit) I thought, nooooo way.

But I opened it, read it, did the cool excersises, listen the the audio tapes, played a bit with the CD-R.

She begins at the beginning.....Little baby steps.

All of a sudden... I was like, I get it! I really get it!
Not only that, but I was beginning to enjoy it.

The prefix, suffix, and word roots suddenely become beautiful, flowing words that make sense.
Myrna LaFleur Brooks made this book come alive, interesting, and allowed medical language to become a little bit like music.
Well, a little!!!! Thanx for the "A" Myrna!