Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Introduction to Health Care, Fifth Edition
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Reordered material in chapter to be more logical: beginning chapter with “Getting Off to a Good Start” and ending with career profiles
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Added more specific study tips and resources
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Deleted references to learning styles, now considered inaccurate
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Added information and suggestions about volunteering and joining a professional organization in preparation for a career in health care
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Updated career information and added Occupational Outlook Handbook web addresses for each within the text
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Added information about the levels of education needed for various health care careers
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Reorganized chapter content for more logical presentation
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Updated health care industry statistics
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Expanded list of advancements in medicine and health care
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Added section on future of precision/personalized medicine
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Added topics: health disparities, racism in health care, managing the opioid crisis and increase in suicides, and concerns about TV drug ads
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Added definition of western medicine
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Deleted some events in table on history of health care to make more manageable for students
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Added sections on professional values, patient rights, and legalization of medical marijuana
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Updated information on physician-assisted suicide
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Expanded information on the Patient Care Partnership
Chapter 4
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Added root words for colors, how drugs are named, eponyms, and acronyms
Chapter 5
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Revised section on solving problems with proportions to make more clear
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Added the basic formula method for calculating medication dosages
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Added section on statistics in health care
Chapter 7
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Added a few diseases and conditions related to the various body systems
Chapter 8
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Revised Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development
Chapter 9
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Major reorganization of content for more logical flow
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Added section specific to exertion injuries
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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