Professional English in use. Eric Glendinning, Ron Howard. Medicine /
"Professional English in Use Medicine contains 60 units covering a wide variety of medical vocabulary. Topics include diseases and symptoms, investigations, treatment, examining and prevention. The book also introduces general medical vocabulary related to parts and functions of the body, medic...
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Cambridge ; New York :
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2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Basics
- 1. Health and illness
- 2. Parts of the body 1
- 3. Parts of the body 2
- 4. Functions of the body
- Medical and Paramedical Personnel and Places
- 5. Medical practitioners 1
- 6. Medical practitioners 2
- 7. Nurses
- 8. Allied health professionals
- 9. Hospitals
- 10. Primary care
- Education and Training
- 11. Medical education 1
- 12. Medical education 2
- 13. The overseas doctor
- Systems, Diseases and Symptoms
- 14. Symptoms and signs
- 15. Blood
- 16. Bones
- 17. Childhood
- 18. The endocrine system
- 19. The eye
- 20. The gastrointestinal system
- 21. Gynaecology
- 22. The heart and circulation 1
- 23. The heart and circulation 2
- 24. Infections
- 25. Mental illness
- 26. The nervous system 1
- 27. The nervous system 2
- 28. Oncology
- 29. Pregnancy and childbirth
- 30. The respiratory system
- 31. The skin 1
- 32. The skin 2
- 33. The urinary system
- Investigations
- 34. Basic investigations
- 35. Laboratory tests
- 36. Endoscopy
- 37. X-ray and CT
- 38. MRI and ultrasound
- 39. Ecg
- Treatment
- 40. Medical treatment
- 41. Surgical treatment
- 42. Therapies
- Prevention
- 43. Screening and
- Epidemiology
- 44. Epidemiology
- Ethics
- 45. Medical ethics
- Research
- 46. Research studies
- Taking A History
- 47. Taking a history 1
- 48. Taking a history 2
- 49. Taking a history 3
- Examination
- 50. Physical examination
- 51. Mental state examination
- Explanation
- 52. Explaining diagnosis
- 53. Discussing treatment
- 54. Giving bad news
- Presentations
- 55. Data presentation 1
- 56. Data presentation 2
- 57. Research articles
- 58. Abstracts
- 59. Conference presentations
- 60. Case presentations
- Appendix I. Parts of the body
- Appendix II. Medical abbreviations
- Appendix III. Types of medication
- Appendix IV. Symptoms and pain
- Appendix V. Verbs used in instructions
- Appendix VI. Lay terms and definitions.