Medical Assistant Book

	Expanded Contents
	Procedures
	Summary of Recurring Displays
Sect. I	Introduction to Medical Assisting	1
Unit 1	Understanding the Profession	3
Unit 2	Communicating With Patients	53
Sect. II	The Administrative Medical Assistant	97
Unit 3	Performing Administrative Duties	99
Unit 4	Managing Finances in the Practice	195
Sect. III	The Clinical Medical Assistant	263
Unit 5	Performing Clinical Duties	265
Unit 6	Assisting With Diagnostive Test and Therapeutic Procedures for Common Disorders	503
Unit 7	Performing Laboratory Procedures	817
Unit 8	Working With Special Patient Populations	985
Sect. IV	Career Strategies	1033
Unit 9	Competing in the Job Market	1035
App. I	1990 DACUM Analysis of the Medical Assisting Profession	A-2
App. II	Key English-to-Spanish Health Care Phrases	A-4
App. III	Two-Letter State and Possession Abbreviations	A-10
App. IV	Abbreviations Commonly Used in Documentation	A-11
App. V	Metric Measurements	A-14
App. VI	Celsius-Fahrenheit Temperature Conversion Scale	A-15
App. VII	Laboratory Tests	A-16
	Glossary	G-1
	Index	I-1