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• Title:Lippincott Williams and Wilkins' comprehensive medical assisting / Elizabeth A. Molle [and others].
  
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• Variant Title:Comprehensive medical assisting
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Molle, Elizabeth A.
  Hosley, Julie B. Lippincott's textbook for medical assistants.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2005.
  

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  • Call Number: W21.5 .H685 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical assistants.
  
• Medical Subjects: Physician Assistants.
  Clinical Medicine--methods.
  Medical Secretaries.
  Practice Management, Medical.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxxv, 1109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 folded card.
  
• Notes:Rev. ed. of: Lippincott's textbook for medical assistants / Julie B. Hosley, Shirley A. Jones, Elizabeth A. Molle-Matthews. c1997.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0781737710
  0781755492 (folded card containing access codes & instructions)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Medicine and medical assisting
  Ch. 2. Law and ethics
  Ch. 3. Fundamental communication skills
  Ch. 4. Patient education
  Ch. 5. first contact : telephone and reception
  Ch. 6. Managing appointments
  Ch. 7. Written communications
  Ch. 8. Medical records and record management
  Ch. 9. Transcription
  Ch. 10. Computer applications in the medical office
  Ch. 11. Quality improvement and risk management
  Ch. 12. Management of the medical office team
  Ch. 13. Credit and collections
  Ch. 14. Bookkeeping and banking
  Ch. 15. Accounts payable and payroll
  Ch. 16. Health insurance
  Ch. 17. Diagnostic coding
  Ch. 18. Outpatient procedural coding
  Ch. 19. Medical asepsis and infection control
  Ch. 20. Medical history and patient assessment
  Ch. 21. Anthropometric measurements and vital signs
  Ch. 22. Assisting with the physical examination
  Ch. 23. Surgical instruments and sterilization
  Ch. 24. Assisting with minor office surgery
  Ch. 25. Pharmacology
  Ch. 26. Preparing and administering medications
  Ch. 27. Diagnostic imaging
  Ch. 28. Medical office emergencies
  Ch. 29. Dermatology
  Ch. 30. Orthopedics
  Ch. 31. Ophthalmology and otolaryngology
  Ch. 32. Pulmonary medicine
  Ch. 33. Cardiology
  Ch. 34. Gastroenterology
  Ch. 35. Neurology
  Ch. 36. Allergy and immunology
  Ch. 37. Urology
  Ch. 38. Obstetrics and gynecology
  Ch. 39. Pediatrics
  Ch. 40. Geriatrics
  Ch. 41. Introduction to the clinical laboratory
  Ch. 42. Microbiology
  Ch. 43. Urinalysis
  Ch. 44. Phlebotomy
  Ch. 45. Hematology
  Ch. 46. Serology and immunohematology
  Ch. 47. Clinical chemistry
  Ch. 48. Making the transition : student to employee
  App. A. Medical assisting role delineation chart
  App. B. Key English-to-Spanish health care phrases
  App. C. Two-letter postal zip code abbreviations
  App. D. Abbreviations commonly used in documentation
  App. E. Commonly misused words
  App. F. Metric measurements
  App. G. Celsius-Fahrenheit temperature conversion scale
  App. H. Laboratory tests
  App. I. Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  App. J. Using an automatic external defibrillator (AED)
  App. K. Managing a foreign body airway obstruction.