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Quick Medical Terminology

A Self-Teaching Guide
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Quick Medical Terminology is a trusted reference guide for students and medical professionals aiming to build or refresh their medical vocabulary. This updated fifth edition features over 250 new terms, current examples, and new review exercises to aid comprehension. It breaks down complex medical words with simple logic, making it easier to understand and remember essential terminology.
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Quick Medical Terminology has long been relied on by students and medical professionals looking to build or update their medical vocabulary. This new Fifth Edition provides the tools and information needed to understand the simple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words, along with fresh exercises and current examples.

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The new, updated edition of the classic medical terminology reference with over 200,000 copies sold

Quick Medical Terminology has long been relied on by students and medical professionals looking to build or update their medical vocabulary. This new fifth edition provides the tools and information needed to understand the simple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words, along with fresh exercises and current examples.

  • Features new review exercises and self-tests, more than 250 new terms, medical measurements, and up-to-date examples
  • Provides the tools necessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire of medical terms
  • The reference of choice for health practitioners and others who need to expand, improve, or refresh their medical vocabularies

Filled with essential information presented in a clear and easy-to-follow format, Quick Medical Terminology is an invaluable learning tool and reference source.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470886199

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 September 2011

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Edition: 5th edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 336

About the Author

SHIRLEY SOLTESZ STEINER, M.S., R.N., 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. NATALIE PATE CAPPS, M.N.Sc., R.N., is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing. She is an Advisory Board Member at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses for the state of Arkansas and an Advisory Board Member at the UAMS Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Graduate Program. In 2007, the National Student Nurses Association awarded the Breakthrough to Nursing Award to the Medical Service Outreach Program, which she created to provide medical care in developing countries.

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