Publisher's Synopsis
This is an introductory textbook intended for instructors and students who are in the health science or allied health occupation programs. Instructors and students of other disciplines may also find this text interesting and informative for use in their programs. There are four clinical approaches in this book—clinical introduction, clinical notes, clinical skills, and clinical scenarios.The overall purpose of this book is to build a strong, clinically oriented foundation in anatomy and physiology to help students prepare for advanced classes in their respective programs. The theoretical framework of this book is based on competency education.