Medical Sign Language: Easily Understood Definitions of Commonly Used Medical, Dental, and First Aid Terms
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0398048053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 726 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A Useful Format Eileen K Carpenter This dictionary helps address an important issue in medical communication: Just because you or the interpreter knows the correct sign for a medical term doesn't mean your deaf patient does. This spiral bound book is designed to be laid flat on a table during a medical interview. It not only illustrates the proper signs, it also gives definitions of medical terms in plain English. In addi. "Four Stars" according to MD Montgomery. learning for my job very easy to use and helpful
After the lexicon, the book presents numerous anatomical drawings that further clarify medical terms. Medical Sign Language will prove valuable to many people. Each entry lists the term, succinctly defines it, and places it in context. Medical professionals-physicians, dentists, nurses, and allied health care personnel can profitably use it either as a textbook for learning the medical vocabulary of ASL or as an in-office reference.. Accepted variants are included and, where appropriate, fingerspelling is advised. Labeled drawings of the external parts of the body; the respiratory, urinary and reproductive systems; the fetus; details of the heart, brain, eyes, ears and mouth; and the skeleton and spinal column are included. Deaf persons will find it beneficial both as an ASL medical phrasebook and as a medical dictionary. Detailed descriptions of the appropriate sign or signs follow, accompanied by clear line drawings of how to perform the sign. From abdomen to zoster, the text encompasses hundreds of medical and dental terms: body parts and their functions, diseases, symptoms, drugs, procedures, instruments, specialties, and many other pertinent concepts, practices and objects. Essentially a specialized m