Today's Medical Assistant

For the first time - all in one volume - here's everything you need to prepare for a successful career as a medical assistant! "Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical & Administrative Procedures" is a hands-on, comprehensive guide to all of the concepts and skills you need for success in today's busy medical office: medical knowledge, clinical skills, and administrative details.No other medical assisting text provides everything you need in such a practical, accessible package! Bringing together the clinical know-how of Kathy Bonewit-West, the administrative expertise of Sue Hunt, and the anatomy and physiology knowledge of Edith Applegate, this unique text offers a single-volume, manageable approach to both clinical and administrative procedures, as well as an essential understanding of anatomy and physiology. It provides a solid foundation for success in today's fast-paced medical office, covering all the concepts and skills needed for modern medical assisting and their application to real-life situations.

ISBN 1416044329   Pages 1232 ISBN13 9781416044321 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier - Health Sciences Division   Weight (grammes) 2926 Imprint Saunders   Published in Philadelphia Format Hardback   Height (mm) 276 Publication date 29 Dec 2008   Width (mm) 216 Library of Congress 2008019307   Spine width (mm) 53 DEWEY 610.737   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

Sect. 1		Introduction to Medical Assisting
1		The Health Care System		1
2		The Professional Medical Assistant		21
3		Ethics and Law for the Medical Office		34
4		Interacting with Patients		58
Sect. 2		Anatomy and Physiology
5		Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology		74
6		Integumentary System		103
7		Skeletal System		111
8		Muscular System		129
9		Nervous System		147
10		The Senses		171
11		Endocrine System		185
12		Circulatory System		195
13		Respiratory System		216
14		Digestive System		225
15		Urinary System		242
16		Reproductive System		251
Sect. 3		Clinical Component
17		Medical Asepsis and the OSHA Standard		266
18		Sterilization and Disinfection		295
19		Vital Signs		325
20		The Physical Examination		375
21		Eye and Ear Assessment and Procedures		408
22		Physical Agents to Promote Tissue Healing		433
23		The Gynecologic Examination and Prenatal Care		452
24		The Pediatric Examination		496
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