Acquiring medical language / Steven L. Joness, PhD, Rice University, Andrew Cavanagh, MD, Texas A&M College of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Steven L., 1975- author.

Cavanagh, Andrew, author.

Contributor:

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Terminology.

Medicine.

Genre:

Terminology.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 950 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : McGraw Hill, [2023]

Summary:

"Acquiring Medical Language, 3e, approaches medical terminology not as words to be memorized but as a language to be learned. If you treat medical terminology as a language and learn how to read terms like sentences, you will be able to communicate clearly as a health care professional and will be a full participant in the culture of medicine. Memorizing definitions is equal to a traveler memorizing a few phrases in another language to help during a brief vacation: it will help a traveler survive for a few days. But if one is going to live in another culture for an extended period of time, learning to speak and understand the language becomes essential"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Jones, Steven L. Acquiring medical language

ISBN:

9781260018578

1260018571

9781264110667

1264110669

OCLC:

1260170322