An Introduction to Medical Terminology: A Self-teaching Package

by Andrew Hutton BSc MSc (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.47

  This is a self-teaching guide to medical terminology designed for use by nursing, medical and other health care students, medical secretaries and pharmaceutical representatives. By learning prefixes, suffixes and common routes, students can have medical words at their fingertips, and are able to interpret new words. The text includes descriptions of pathological conditions, medical instruments and clinical procedures, so the student can see examples of the terminology in practice. Features: * Acquaints students and potential students with medical terminology * New smaller page size and layout make the second edition easier to use * An Exercise Guide and Quick Reference at the beginning and end of each unit help learning * Chapters now stand alone and can be referred to independently * There is a new comprehensive glossary and list of abbreviations

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $6.25

  This book is designed to introduce medical terms to students who have little prior knowlege of the language of medicine. The text includes simple, non-technical descriptions of pathological conditions, medical instruments and clinical procedures. No prior knowledge of medicine is required to follow the text. There are sets of exercises to be completed by the student, which should themselves form a valuable reference and the text is presented in a format and layout facilitating quick and easy reference.