The second Canadian edition is a richly illustrated textbook that gives you a step-by-step comprehensive understanding of medical terminology. Available with this new edition is PrepU and the PASSport to Success, a practical learning system that makes it easier to understand and remember medical terms, using your learning preferences. With Medical Terminology: An Illlustrated Guide, you will develop a sold foundation of medical terminology on which you can build your career as a health professi…
This is more than just a book on medical terminology -- its organization emphasizes the clinical importance of the various systems of the human body. This is an update of the 2010 edition. The book has three parts: Introduction to Medical Terminology, Disease and Treatment, and Body Systems. The chapters begin with a case study followed by learning objectives, a pretest, and then chapter content. Chapters in the second two sections contain illustrated overviews of a specific organ system with d…
Over the past 30 years there have been significant advances in our understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) due to the use of MRIs to better visualize the disease and because of the introduction of new ameliorating drugs. However, MS is still an incurable disease and diagnosis remains challenging for many physicians; for instance symptoms often mimic MS and there is not a specific test for the disease. To ensure optimal patient care there is a need for physicians to remain up to date with new d…
Once viewed as a somewhat vague metaphysical construct, not suitable for behavioral inquiry, attention is now recognized as a core cognitive function, essential to the brain's processing of outside stimuli. Not surprisingly in an era of advanced information technologies--and rising rates of ADD--attention has also emerged as a significant area of study within neuropsychology. The Second Edition of Neuropsychology of Attention reflects this evolution, integrating fruitful lines of inquiry from d…