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Author Villemaire, Doreen.

Title Grammar and writing skills for the health professional / Doreen Villemarie, Lorraine Villemaire
Edition Second edition
Published Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning, [2005]
©2005

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 MELB  808.06661 V736/G 2005  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Chapter 1. Guidelines for Effective Writing Skills -- The Writing Process -- Step 1. Prewriting -- Step 2. Writing -- Step 3. Rewriting -- Step 4. Finalizing -- Step 5. Proofreading -- Writing Style -- Computer Writing -- Medical Spelling -- Guidelines for Effective Writing Summary -- Chapter 2. Nouns -- Types of Nouns -- Proper and Common Nouns -- Collective Nouns -- Concrete Nouns -- Abstract Nouns -- Characteristics and Functions of Nouns -- Gender -- Number -- Forming Plurals in General -- Forming the Plurals of Medical Terms -- Functions of Nouns -- Nominative Case: Subject -- Nominative Case: Predicate Noun -- Objective Case -- Possessive Case -- Appositives and Direct Address -- Nouns Functioning as Phrases or Clauses -- Nouns Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Medical Office Correspondence -- The Medical Letter -- Letter Components -- Heading -- Inside Address -- Salutation -- Body -- Closing and Signature -- Other Notations -- Formats and Presentation of Letters -- Folding the Letter -- Business Envelope (91/2 by 43/16 inches) -- Use the Envelope to Get the Folds Right -- Smaller Envelopes -- Envelopes with Windows -- Addressing the Envelope -- Medical Office Correspondence Summary -- Medical Letter Format -- Chapter 3. Pronouns -- Types of Pronouns -- Personal Pronouns -- Gender -- Number and Person -- Nominative Case -- Objective Case -- Possessive Case -- Reflexive Pronouns -- Relative Pronouns -- Indefinite Pronouns -- Interrogative Pronouns -- Demonstrative Pronouns -- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement -- Number -- Gender -- Person -- Pronoun Summary -- Medical Spelling -- The Office Memorandum -- Structure of a Memo -- Writing the Memo -- Electronic Mail -- E-Mail Guidelines -- Office Memorandum and Electronic Mail Summary -- Chapter 4. Verbs -- Types of Verbs -- Action Verbs -- Being Verbs -- Main Verbs and Helping Verbs -- Common Helping Verbs -- Linking Verbs -- Common Linking Verbs -- Transitive and Intransitive Verbs -- Gerunds -- Infinitives -- Person of a Verb -- Number of a Verb -- Verb Tenses -- Present Tense -- Past Tense -- Future Tense -- Principal Parts of Verbs -- Regular Verbs -- Irregular Verbs -- Confusing and Troublesome Verbs -- Lie and Lay -- Rise and Raise -- May and Can -- Use of Verb Tenses in Sentences -- Voices of Verbs -- Active and Passive Verbs -- Identifying the Passive Voice -- Moods of Verbs -- Verbs Summary -- Verb tenses -- Principal parts of speech -- Regular -- Irregular -- Voices of verbs -- Moods of verbs -- Medical Spelling -- The Medical Record -- The Language of the Medical Record -- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- Chapter 5. Sentences -- Components of Sentences -- Sentence Structure -- Simple Sentences -- Compound Sentences -- Complex Sentences -- Compound-Complex Sentences -- Classifications of Sentences -- Declarative Sentences -- Imperative Sentences -- Interrogative Sentences -- Exclamatory Sentences -- Ineffective Sentences -- The Fragmented Sentence -- The Comma Splice -- The Run-on sentence -- Effective Sentences -- Parallel Structure -- Conciseness -- Diction -- Positive Statements -- Sentence Summary -- Classifications of Sentences -- Medical Spelling -- Charting and Documenting -- Traditional or Narrative Charting -- SOAP -- SOAPE -- SOAPIE -- SOAPIER -- PIE -- Charting and Documenting Summary -- Chapter 6. Punctuation -- Punctuation -- The Period -- Other Uses for the Period -- The Question Mark -- The Exclamation Point -- The Comma -- The Semicolon -- The Colon -- Parentheses -- The Dash -- The Hyphen -- The Apostrophe -- Italics -- Quotation Marks -- Punctuation Summary -- Medical Spelling -- History and Physical Reports -- Consultation Report -- Medical Reports Summary -- Chapter 7. Adjectives -- Types of Adjectives -- Limiting Adjectives -- A and AN -- Singular and Plural -- Interrogative and Proper Adjectives -- Predicate and Compound Adjectives -- Descriptive Adjectives -- Placement of Adjectives -- Modifiers and Placement -- Degrees of Adjectives to Express Comparison -- Positive -- Comparative -- Superlative -- Other Comparisons -- Troublesome Adjectives -- Eponyms -- Adjectives Summary -- Degrees of Comparison Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Radiology Report -- Pathology Report -- Discharge Summary -- Operative Report -- Medical Reports Summary -- Chapter 8. Adverbs -- Recognizing Adverbs -- Adverbs as Modifiers -- Frequency Adverbs -- Degrees of Adverbs to Express Comparison -- Positive -- Comparative -- Superlative -- Other Comparisons -- Changing Adjectives into Adverbs -- Negative Adverbs -- Not as a Contraction -- Double Negatives -- Placement of Adverbs -- Troublesome Adverbs -- Adverbs Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Facsimile -- Phone Messages -- Minutes of a Meeting -- Facsimile, Phone Message, and Minutes of a Meeting Summary -- Chapter 9. Prepositions and Conjunctions -- Prepositions -- Compound Prepositions -- Prepositional Phrases -- Prepositional Noun/Pronoun Modifiers -- Prepositional Verb Modifiers -- Problematic Prepositions -- Prepositions at the End of a Sentence -- Conjunctions -- Coordinating Conjunctions -- Correlative Conjunctions -- Subordinating Conjunctions -- Prepositions and Conjunctions Summary -- Summary of the Parts of Speech -- Medical Spelling -- Research, Manuscripts, Grants -- Research -- Manuscripts -- General Format Guidelines -- APA Writing Style -- Title Page -- Abstract Page -- Text Page -- Reference Page -- Citations -- Grant Writing -- Proposal Summary -- Problem Statement -- Goals and Objectives -- Methods -- Evaluation -- Future Funding -- Budget -- Research, Manuscripts, Grants Summary -- Chapter 10. Phrases and Clauses -- Phrases -- Prepositional Phrase -- Prepositional Phrase Used As a Noun -- Prepositional Phrase Used As an Adjective -- Prepositional Phrase Used As an Adverb -- Verbal Phrases -- Participial Phrase -- Gerund Phrase -- Infinitive Phrase -- Appositive Phrase -- Clauses -- Independent Clauses -- Dependent Clauses -- Noun Clause -- Adjective Clause -- Adverb Clause -- Medical Spelling -- Promotional Writing -- Comprehensive Review -- Chapter 11. The Paragraph -- Types of Paragraphs -- Narrative Paragraph -- Descriptive Paragraph -- Expository Paragraph -- Persuasive Paragraph -- Structure of a Paragraph -- Topic Sentence -- Supporting Sentences -- Concluding Sentence -- Paragraph Organization -- Time Example -- Location Example -- Deduction Example -- Induction Example -- Cause and Effect Example -- Comparison Example -- Definition Example -- Paragraph Unity -- Paragraph Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Comprehensive Review -- Appendix A. Spelling Rules -- Appendix B. Capitalization Rules -- Appendix C. Number Use -- Appendix D. Cliches -- Appendix E. Title and Salutations -- Appendix F. Instructor's Symbols for Correction -- Appendix G. General Rules for Abbreviations -- Appendix H. Medical Abbreviations and Symbols -- Appendix I. Use of a Thesaurus -- Appendix J. Use of the English Dictionary -- Appendix K. Use of the Medical Dictionary -- Appendix L. Answers to Practical Exercises
Summary "The rules and standards of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) make it more important than ever that health professionals be clear in their written communications. 'Grammar writing skills for the health professional, 2e' applies the fundamentals of English grammar and the writing process to sentence and paragraph structures used in medical reporting, charting and documentation. This book focuses exclusively on the writing concerns of the health care worker and is perfect for you to use in class and as a reference." -- back cover
Notes Revision of: Grammar and writing skills for the health professional / Lorraine Villemaire, Doreen Villemaire. 2001
Includes index
Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc.
English language -- Grammar -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Medical writing -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Writing.
Language Arts.
Health Personnel.
Genre/Form Problems and Exercises.
Problems and exercises.
Problems and exercises.
Problems & Exercises
Author Villemaire, Lorraine.
Villemaire, Lorraine. Grammar and writing skills for the health professional
LC no. 2005053885
ISBN 140187374X
9781401873745
Other Titles Grammar & writing skills for the health professional