Writing SOAP Notes: With Patient/Client Management Formats, ed 3

Writing SOAP Notes: With Patient/Client Management Formats, ed 3 Kettenbach G. Philadelphia, PA 19103, FA Davis Co, 2004, paperback, 223 pp, ISBN: 0-8036-0836-5, $28.95.

This book is intended for use by students or new practitioners to help them understand and apply note writing using SOAP notes (which are based on the work of Weed) and a patient/client management note format that is consistent with the patient/client management model described in APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice. The author begins by clearly and succinctly providing the reader with basic information about note writing, the purpose and importance of documentation, a description of the 2 types of notes highlighted in this book, and elements essential to the medical record. In the third chapter, "Medical Terminology," the author apparently has assumed that the reader has already studied medical terminology. She provides no background on medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, but she refers the reader to other texts that do so. This chapter provides 2 brief worksheets that readers can use to test their knowledge of medical terminology. These worksheets are in no way extensive, but they serve as an...