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The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests: Everything You Need to Know About the Tests Your Doctor Orders
Segen, J. C., Owens, Josie Wade
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Description for The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests: Everything You Need to Know About the Tests Your Doctor Orders
Hardcover. Organized alphabetically, this comprehensive guide provides information on more than 1000 commonly prescribed tests, including the CAT scan, MRI, PSA blood test for prostate, HIV test, mammography, fetal monitoring, and the pulmonary function test. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: GBC; MBGL; MJA; VFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
With the rapid advances in diagnostic medicine, it is more important than ever for consumers to have access to up-to-date, objective information about the tools commonly used by physicians, hospitals and commercial labs. This second edition provides a basic understanding of these diagnostic procedures. Organized alphabetically, this comprehensive guide provides information on more than 1000 commonly prescribed tests, including the CAT scan, MRI, PSA blood test for prostate, HIV test, mammography, fetal monitoring, and the pulmonary function test. Each entry includes a description of the test, patient preparation required, a description of the procedure itself, the reference range, what abnormal ... Read more
With the rapid advances in diagnostic medicine, it is more important than ever for consumers to have access to up-to-date, objective information about the tools commonly used by physicians, hospitals and commercial labs. This second edition provides a basic understanding of these diagnostic procedures. Organized alphabetically, this comprehensive guide provides information on more than 1000 commonly prescribed tests, including the CAT scan, MRI, PSA blood test for prostate, HIV test, mammography, fetal monitoring, and the pulmonary function test. Each entry includes a description of the test, patient preparation required, a description of the procedure itself, the reference range, what abnormal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Facts on File
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780816046515
SKU
V9780816046515
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99-3
About Segen, J. C., Owens, Josie Wade
Joseph C. Segen, M.D. is a board-certified pathologist who has written extensively for both professional and lay audiences. Among his recent books are Current Med Talk (1995) and The Dictionary of Alternative Medicine (1997), both for Simon & Schuster's Health Professions Division. He is also the co-inventor of several surgical devices and is skilled in technical illustrations and graphics. He ... Read more
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