Stanfield's Essential Medical Terminology

I needed this book for one of the college courses I am enrolled in. It even came with an access code to access the online book!! Being able to access the online textbook is very helpful and I was very surprised!!

I'm using this textbook for a Clinical Terminology course and, four weeks in, I'm struggling. The Progress Checks at the end of each chapter are HARD because the answers to at least 1/3 of the questions aren't clearly expressed in the book. I'm relying heavily on a medical dictionary and Google to complete each week's assignments. It's unacceptable that I (and my classmates) should be relying on the Internet to complete assignments. The material should be clearly and thoroughly expressed in each chapter; students should not have to rely on outside sources of information to complete assignments.

It is a medical terminology book. There is nothing that sets it apart from any other, really. But it does its job, and it was not excessively expensive, so it's ok.

I just taught a Medical Terminology course for the first time. I adopted this book because the length was just right (most Med Term books are far too long), and it had decent instructor resources, including case studies, and an online verbal glossary so students could hear correct pronunciations any time they wanted (surprisingly, this was correct even when the written pronunciation in the book was wrong). But after starting the semester, I realized this book is riddled with errors - misspelling of terms, incorrect pronunciation guides, inconsistent application of their own pronunciation rules, learning objectives listed at the start of a chapter without any content relating to those objectives, and poorly written questions in assignments (e.g., a multiple-choice question about the number of vertebrae didn't include a correct option). Answers to ALL of the assigned work is in the back of the book (not just every-other question), making assignments meaningless...except that it's obvious who is just copying because there are SO MANY errors in the answer key. I won't use it again - it would be better to select a longer book, and be pickier about what you assign.

This book is giving exactly what it was supposed to have gave. I didn’t waste my money. Got an A by the way.