TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - Lindh, Wilburta Q.
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SN  - 1401881327 (hardcover : alkaline paper);9781401881320 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
SN  - 2
PY  - 2006///];copyright 200646
CY  - Australia ;;United States
PB  - Thomson/Delmar Learning
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KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Physicians' assistants;Clinical competence
KW  - Textbooks.;Textbooks
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Unit 1: Introduction to medical assisting and health professions: Medical assisting as a profession -- Health care settings and the health care team -- History of medicine -- Unit 2: The therapeutic approach: Therapeutic communication skills -- Coping skills for the medical assistant  -- The therapeutic approach to the patient with a life-threatening  illness -- Unit 3: Responsible medical practice:  Legal  considerations -- Ethical considerations -- Emergency procedures and first aid -- Unit 4: Integrated clinical procedures: Infection control, medical asepsis, and sterilization -- Taking a medical history, the patient's chart, and methods of documentation -- Vital signs and measurements -- The physical examination -- Unit 5: Assisting with specialty examinations and procedures:  Obstetrics and gynecology -- Pediatrics -- Male reproductive system -- Gerontology -- Examinations and procedures of body systems -- Unit 6: Advanced techniques and procedures: Assisting with office/ambulatory surgery -- Diagnostic imaging -- Rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities -- Nutrition in health and disease -- Basic pharmacology -- Calculation of medication dosage and medication administration -- Electrocardiography -- Unit 7: Laboratory procedures: Safety and regulatory guidelines in the medical laboratory -- Introduction to the medical laboratory -- Phlebotomy: venipuncture  and capillary puncture --Hematology -- Urinalysis -- Basic microbiology -- Specialty laboratory tests -- Unit 8: Office and human resources management: The medical assistant as office manager -- The medical assistant as human resources manager -- Unit 9: Entry into the profession: Preparing for medical assisting credentials -- Employment strategies -- Glossary of terms -- Appendix A: Common medical abbreviations and symbols -- Appendix B:Medical assistant role delineation chart -- Appendix C: Top 80 prescriptions for 2003 by number of U.S.prescriptions dispensed; 5
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