Exploring Medical Language, 12th Edition
“I have never enjoyed learning so much; I am dreading coming to the end of the book. The pictures, numerous exercises, flashcards, and online resources, including games, have all been wonderful tools for aiding memory and retention in a fun and interesting way.”
This former student effectively highlights why “Exploring Medical Language” has been a leading medical terminology textbook for 40 years, having sold over 2 million copies.
I co-authored “Exploring Medical Language” with Winnie Starr in 1985 when the Mosby publishing company took a bold risk by offering us a contract.
At that time, there were few such textbooks available for classroom adoption, and we were frustrated that they did not effectively address medical terms constructed from word parts for learning purposes. We wanted the chance to improve this, and we succeeded.
This unique approach to learning has remained one of the textbook’s standout features.
About the Textbook
New to This Edition
- NEW! Capstone exercise, Scribe It, helps you draw on what you’ve learned from Exploring Medical Language to transcribe information from a patient encounter
- EXPANDED! Practical Application sections at the end of chapters 2-16, called Use Medical Terms in Clinical Statements, enhance review and retention of chapter content
- EXPANDED! Focus on lab findings includes a narrative explanation and identification of terms indicating lab findings
- NEW! Added phonetic spelling for abbreviations spoken as whole words
- NEW! Introduction of the SOAP Note format and associated abbreviations
- ENHANCED! Behavioral health coverage includes the narrative introduction
- Systematic presentation of medical terminology provides a foundation of word parts, then builds words by combining the parts
- An extensive review of word parts and terms offers the practice needed to learn medical terminology
- Accessible, interactive exercises and games on the accompanying Evolve website provide extensive opportunities to practice building, hearing, and spelling terms
I would like to acknowledge the over 2,000,000 students who have turned the pages of our textbook to learn medical language, as well as the hundreds of instructors who have utilized it to teach their students.
This edition was crafted by my long-standing co-author and daughter, Danielle LaFLeur Brooks, MED, MA, and author Dale Levinsky, MD. I want to acknowledge Danielle and Dale for their efforts in creating this remarkable edition, and I thank Elsevier for continuing to publish our textbooks.
To all, your contributions have been invaluable to the success of this textbook.
Thank you!
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