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This brand new edition, four color, complete with interactive CD, Medical Assisting book is all about Connections: Medical Assistant's connections with patients, physicians, offices and jobs. Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Assisting, 1e , is the first book to help students succeed in both the classroom and in their careers. It helps students take information from "what you need to do" to "how to do it". Strong integration of tips, hints and guidelines help students avoid common performance mishaps while peforming clinical skills and the softer skills (e.g. timeliness, presentation, interpersonal relations). Some brand new features of this edition are:

51 new procedures (See the list of procedures with highlighting) Charting Examples at the end of every appropriate procedure Certification Link--chart of topics covered in the chapter that will be found on the CMA and RMA examinations New Case Studies at the beginning of each chapter. Professionalism: The Workplace--provides short tips for the workplace Judgment Call--presents an ethical issue or dilemma and one critical thinking question This is a perfect resource for Medical Assisting students or medical assistants practicing within the field.

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• Unit One Introduction to Health Care
• 1 Medical Assisting: the Profession
• 2 Medical Science: History and Practice
• 3 Medical Law and Ethics
• 4 Medical Terminology
• 5 Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal
• 6 The Office Environment
• 7 Telephone Techniques
• Unit Two Administrative Medical Assisting
• 8 Patient Reception
• 9 Appointment Scheduling
• 10 Office Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies
• 11 Written Communication
• 12 Computers in the Medical Office
• 13 Managing Medical Records
• 14 Electronic Medical Records
• 15 Fees, Billing, Collections, and Credit
• 16 Financial Management
• 17 Medical Insurance
• 18 Medical Insurance Claims
• 19 Medical Coding
• 20 Medical Office Management
• Unit Three Anatomy and Physiology
• 21 Body Structure and Function
• 22 The Integumentary System
• 23 The Skeletal System
• 24 The Muscular System
• 25 The Nervous System
• 26 The Special Senses
• 27 The Circulatory System
• 28 The Immune System
• 29 The Respiratory System
• 30 The Digestive System
• 31 The Urinary System
• 32 The Endocrine System
• 33 The Reproductive System
• Unit Four Clinical Medical Assisting
• 34 Infection Control
• 35 Vital Signs
• 36 Assisting with Physical Examinations
• 37 Assisting with Medical Specialties
• 38 Assisting with Reproductive and Urinary Specialties
• 39 Assisting with Eye and Ear Care
• 40 Assisting with Life Span Specialties: Pediatrics
• 41 Assisting with Life Span Specialties: Geriatrics
• 42 Assisting with Minor Surgery
• 43 Assisting with Medical Emergencies and Emergency Preparedness
• 44 The Clinical Laboratory
• 45 Microbiology
• 46 Urinalysis
• 47 Hematology
• 48 Radiology
• 49 Electrocardiography
• 50 Pulmonary Function
• 51 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
• 52 Math for Pharmacology
• 53 Pharmacology
• 54 Administering Medications
• 55 Patient Education
• 56 Nutrition
• 57 Mental Health
• Unit Five Career Assistance
• 58 Professionalism
• 59 Externship and Career Opportunities
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Index