TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lindh,Wilburta Q.
TI  - Delmar's comprehensive medical assisting: administrative and clinical competencies 
SN  - 0766824187 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Australia
PB  - Delmar Publishers
KW  - Medical assistants
KW  - Physicians' assistants
KW  - Allied Health Personnel
KW  - Clinical Competence
N1  - Includes index; Contents 

Section I: General procedures 
Unit 1: Introduction to medical assisting and health professions 
Chapter 1: Medical assisting as profession 
Chapter 2: Health care settings and the health care team 
Chapter 3: History of medicine 
Unit 2: The Therapeutic approach 
Chapter 4: Therapeutic communication skills 
Chapter 6: The Therapeutic approach to the patient with the life-threatening illness 
Unit 3: Responsible medical practice 
Chapter 7: Legal considerations 
Chapter 8: Ethnical considerations 
Chapter 9: Emergency procedures and first aid 
Section II: Administrative procedures 
Unit 4: Integrated administrative procedures 
Chapter 10: Creating the facility environment 
Chapter 11: Computers in the ambulatory care setting 
Chapter 12: Telephone techniques 
Chapter 13: Patient scheduling 
Chapter 14: Medical records management 
Chapter 15: Written communication. Chapter 
Chapter 16: Transcription 
Unit 5: Managing facility finances 
Chapter 17: Daily financial practices 
Chapter 18: Medical insurance 
Chapter 19: Medical insurance coding 
Chapter 20: Billing and collections 
Chapter 21: Accounting practices 
Section III: Clinical procedures 
Unit 6: Integrated clinical procedures 
Chapter 22: Infection control, medical asepsis, and sterilization 
Chapter 23: Taking a medical history the patient's chart, and methods of documentation 
Chapter 24: Vital signs and measurements 
Chapter 25: The Physical examination 
Unit 7: Assisting with specialty examinations and procedures 
Chapter 26: Obstetrics and gynecology 
Chapter 27: Pediatrics 
Chapter 28: Male reproductive system 
Chapter 29: Gerontology 
Chapter 30: Examinations and procedures of body systems. Unit 8: Advanced techniques and procedures 
Chapter 31: Assisting with minor surgery 
Chapter 32: Diagnostic imagining 
Chapter 33: Rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities 
Chapter 34: Nutrition in health and disease 
Chapter 35: Basic pharmacology 
Chapter 36: Calculation of medication dosage and medication administration 
Chapter 37: Electrocardiography 
Unit 9: Chapter 38: Safety and regulatory guidelines in the medical laboratory 
Chapter 39: Introduction to the medical laboratory 
Chapter 40: Phlebotomy: venipuncture and capillary puncture 
Chapter 41: Hematology 
Chapter 42: Urinalysis 
Chapter 43: Basic microbiology 
Chapter 44: Specialty laboratory tests 
Section IV: Professional procedures 
Unit 10: Office and human resource management 
Chapter 45: The Medical assistant as office manager 
Chapter 46: The Medical assistant as human resources manager 
Unit 11: Entry into the profession 
Chapter 47: Preparing for medical assisting credentials 
Chapter 48: Employment strategies.



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