Schaum's Outline of Medical Terminology

Schaum's Outline of Medical Terminology--------------------------------------------------The ideal review for your medical terminology course More than 40 millionstudents have trusted Schaum's Outlines for their expert knowledgeand helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respectivefields, Schaum's Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursingto language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems.Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutionsto exercises in their topic of choice. Comprehensive explanationsof the various topics covered in medical terminology courses designedfor nursing and allied health students Relevant examples and extensiveend-of-chapter review questions motivate students to understand newmaterial and reinforce acquired skills Nursing and other allied healthprofessions are becoming increasingly popular as nurse practitionersand other healthcare workers continue to expand their realm of patientcare tasks in the medical profession Detailed explanations and reviewquestions in the different areas of medical terminology Comprehensivereview of specialized terms for describing and dealing with diseaseand injury, surgical techniques, drugs and other therapies Descriptionsof prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms, medical abbreviations,symbols, Latin and Greek nomenclature, and a brief glossary of Spanishterminology--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: James Keogh is on the faculty of St. Peter's Collegeand Columbia University. He is the author of more than 60 books, includingSchaum's Outline of Pharmacology and Pharmacology DeMystified.