Comprehensive Medical Assisting (6th Edition)

Comprehensive Medical Assisting 6th Edition PDF is an in-depth text that is meant to provide a comprehensive medical assisting course and book. This book starts off with a short summary of the history of medical assisting and what it consists of, later on progressing into two chapters that cover general anatomy and physiology.

About the Author

Ms. Lindh, CMA (AAMA) is Professor Emerita at Highline College in Des Moines, Washington, where she served as Program Director and a consultant to the Medical Assistant Program, and received the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year award for reshaping the program. The co-author of several textbooks on medical assisting, Ms. Lindh conducted workshops and lectured at events across the country during her tenure, and remains an active member of both the SeaTac Chapter of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and the National American Association of Medical Assistants. Dr. Tamparo, PhD, CMA-A (AAMA) is the former Dean of Business and Allied Health at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland, Washington, and founder of the Medical Assistant Program at Highline College.

Publisher: Cengage Learning; 6th edition

Publication date: January 31, 2017

Language: English

Page length: 1572 pages

The next three chapters are dedicated to body systems: endocrinology, gastrointestinal system, and respiratory. These three chapters provide a basic understanding as well as specific knowledge on medical assisting with each respective body system. The next two chapters cover pediatric patient care while providing specific knowledge on age-appropriate injuries and illnesses. Two more chapters are dedicated mainly for pediatric patient care: special needs children’s health services .