title: The Medical Assistant, 6th edition M Kinn and E Derge The Medical Assistant, 6th edition W B Saunders 878pp £21.00 0-7216- 1731-X.
abstract: Written for the American equivalent of nursing auxiliaries, The Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical has a logical format, is well illustrated and the information is easy to find because of the additional detailed contents list and index. The UK nursing auxiliary would find two of the three sections relevant.