PENDAHULUANrn rnrnrnrn“Siang itu, Pak Ahmad mengalami demam tinggi, perutnya tidak nyaman, dada terasa berdebar, kepala terasa sakit. Pak Ahmad kemudian menyalakan perangkat komputer miliknya. Tak lama, dia terhubung dengan dokter pribadinya. Sang dokter di monitor menyapa ramah, dan mereka pun terlibat percakapan. Setelah cukup melakukan anamnesis, sang dokter kemudian …
WelcomernrnCongratulations on choosing Medical Language: Terminology in Context, a unique, progressive alternative to the teaching and learning of medical terminology. The approach that you will find in this text makes use of the latest and most authoritative information that we have regarding how adults learn and retain language skills. This is a book that promotes language acquisition. It is …
THROUGHOUT the many editions and revisions of this book, I received a lot of feedback and many responses about the ideas presented. These arrived in writing, in person, in meet- ings, and in e-mails. Many responses, from many corners of the world, reflected a real intellectual engagement in the book. Some were inspired by our theoretical history, others questioned our philosophical past, but mo…
Preface to the Third Editionrnrnrn rnThis book offers the perspective that nursing is a professional discipline with a body of knowledge that guides its practice. Nursing theories are an important part of this body of knowledge, and regardless of complexity or abstraction, reflect nursing and should be used by nurses to frame their thinking, action, and being in the world. As guides, nursin…