Rachel Basco - Medical Language for Modern Health Care

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Medical Language
For Modern Health Care

Fifth Edition

Rachel C. Basco, MS, RRT

Bossier Parish Community College

Rhonna Krouse-Adams, MS

College of Western Idaho

David M. Allan, MA, MD

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MEDICAL LANGUAGE FOR MODERN HEALTH CARE

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Rachel Curran Basco

Rachel Basco earned her BS in Cardiopulmonary Science and MS in Health Sciences from Louisiana State University Health Science Center, School of Allied Health Professions. She worked as a registered respiratory therapist for 10 years and then began her career in college instruction in respiratory therapy at LSU-SAHP in Shreveport, LA. She is an Assistant Professor at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, LA. She instructs medical terminology and anatomy & physiology courses.

Rachel resides in Shreveport with her husband and always finds time to visit her relatives in Colorado, Texas, and her home state of Wisconsin.

Rhonna Krouse-Adams

Rhonna Krouse-Adams is an Associate Professor in the department of Health Sciences at the College of Western Idaho. She received a MS from Boise State University. In 2009. Rhonna was provided the unique opportunity to be a founding member of a brand-new community college that opened in 2010. There she was able to build the Health Science Department and a nationally recognized Public Health degree. Presently, Rhonna serves as the curriculum developer for both the health science and public health programs and developing educational content for her school and others. Her present project is with the League of Innovation, CDC, AHA developing CEC modules for health care workers on infectious disease.

David Allan

David Allan received his medical training at Cambridge University and Guys Hospital in England. He was Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Bellevue Hospital in New York City before moving to San Diego, California.

Dr. Allan has worked as a family physician in England, a pediatrician in San Diego, and Associate Dean at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He has designed, written, and produced more than 100 award-winning multimedia programs with virtual reality as their conceptual base. Dr. Allan resides happily in San Diego and enjoys the warmth of the people, the weather, and the beaches.

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