English for Medicine & Health Sciences (Elsevier Health Sciences)

This integrated coursebook aims at developing students’ competence and performance in medical English. It not only builds the students’ reservoir of medical terminology, but it also develops their proficiency in the English language skills such as reading, writing and speaking. The following distinctive features make this book unique among many other available coursebooks in the field since it: • Provides exhaustive lists of medical roots, combining forms, prefixes and suffixes with illustrative examples,• Offers an integrated course that combines medical knowledge with essential language skills• Focuses on developing students’ reading skills in medical contexts,• Develops students’ oral communications skills necessary for interaction in their fields.