Meeting the highest standards outlined by ABHES and CAAHEP, this is the definitive clinical medical assisting book today!    A unique body systems approach sets the stage for this modern and up to date clinical medical assisting book.  material. Section I discusses the primary concepts and dynamics of medical assisting. The second section advances the student into the medical office, the physician office lab (POL), asepsis, and minor surgery. Pharmacology and medication administration are also addressed. The book moves on to the third section, diagnostic testing in the medical office. The fourth section covers medical specialties and testing, and the fifth deals with medical specialties. The sixth and final section covers nontraditional medicine.  Special features throughout the text include: Step by step photographic procedures; Medical Assistant?s Role - connects chapter content with on the job examples;  Concept links ? provide references to concepts in earlier or later chapters; Medical Assisting Competencies- includes CAAHEP entry-level competencies for CMAs and ABHES entry-level competencies for RMAs; Med Media ? links the supplementary material available on the student CD and describes the CD content as it relates to each text chapter. Medical Assisting Students or Medical Assistants needing a reference guide.