Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals (8th Edition) (Rice, Medical Terminology)

The proven guide to learning medical
vocabulary–now offering even more opportunities to learn,
practice, and connect up-to-date vocabulary with real healthcare
clients and careers.


This comprehensive, proven text offers a
logical, simple system for learning medical vocabulary primarily by
building terms from word parts. Medical Terminology for
Health Care Professionals, 8/e first introduces medical
terminology and its essential suffixes and prefixes; then guides
students logically through each key body system, working from the
outside in, and from simple systems to complex. Additional
specialty chapters cover oncology, radiology/nuclear medicine, and
more; this edition's mental health chapter is fully revised for
DSM-5, published May 2013. Every chapter is built around a
color-coded word list showing how word parts are built, pronounced,
and defined. Most pages also contain vibrant images, including
anatomically precise drawings, authentic medical photos, and
engaging labeling activities. Updated throughout, this Eighth
Edition’s new features include: Combining Forms tables with
meanings; streamlined and improved discussions of anatomy; Rule
Reminders; integrated Study and Review Exercise sections throughout
each system chapter; new case study vignettes; Practical
Application Exercises using modern EHR records; and many new
images.


Teaching and Learning
Experience


This text will help health professionals
quickly master the modern terminology of healthcare, and master
techniques for decoding any new term, in any area of healthcare,
throughout their careers. Its key differentiators include:

Intuitive "word parts" approach to building medical
vocabulary: A step-by-step approach proven to build both
mastery and confidence in students with a wide range of backgrounds
and goals
Innovative pedagogy, including extensive opportunities to
deepen understanding through practice (both print and online):
Provides everything from EHR-based application exercises to
pronunciation guides and Spanish-language translators
Broad coverage that goes far beyond many medical terminology
books: Includes coverage of topics ranging from cancer to
mental illness, anatomy and physiology to lifespan considerations,
thereby preparing students to enter a wider spectrum of
careers