Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Every English-speaking health professional who works with Spanish-speaking
patients will appreciate this handy resource. Two of California's leading
Spanish educators present a wide variety of questions dealing with a full
range of health issues-from medical to administrative, from psychiatric to
nutritional, from greetings and social amenities to medical forms. Designed
to elicit a 'yes or no' answer, these questions are ideal for users with no
knowledge of Spanish. The new, 4th Edition offers updated and expanded
coverage of mental health and psychiatry, workplace injury and occupational
health, AIDS/HIV, child and adult vaccinations, environ¬mental toxins, sun
exposure, sports medicine, cancer, and much more. * Offers a user-friendly
organization that makes the right content easy to find quickly. * Covers
both emergency and routine situations. * Includes cultural considerations,
highlighting cultural and religious issues that can affect health care. *
Provides a Glossary of commonly used terms. Presents updated and expanded
material on mental health and psychiatry • workplace injury and occupational
health • AIDS/HIV • child and adult vaccinations • environmental toxins •
sun exposure • sports medicine • cancer • and many other important topics.
Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or
unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
- Spiral-bound: 416 pages
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 4th edition (December 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0750674946
- ISBN-13: 978-0750674942
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
- Average Customer Review:
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customer reviews)
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This book is definitely a "must have" for all those in the medical profession
dealing with the Hispanic population. It is very user friendly and catergorized
into the different situations one deals with in a hospital (ex.- emergency room,
cardiology, obtaining medical information, surgery, psychiatry, etc.). A great
addition to anyone trying to improve their Spanish!
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Extremely user-friendly...I speak Spanish, but am not familiar with medical
terms, so this has been invaluable for me in my job. I recommend this book for
anyone who has to work with Spanish-speaking client/patients, or just wants to
say: "Oh, so that's what THAT'S called!"
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Anyone who provides any sort of medical service to Spanish-speaking patients
absolutely cannot do without this valuable book. In an arena where communication
is of such critical importance, any type of language barrier can be disastrous.
This book is cleverly designed to provide the essential information for
effective communication, and its ring-binding and small size are perfectly
designed to be easily carried around the hospital or clinic. Medical Spanish is
a brilliant, comprehensive book that is a valuable tool to the medical
profession, especially in places like California, where so many different
cultures (and thus languages) are present. Moreover, the authors of this book
are inspirational, wonderful women. If anyone ever has the opportunity to meet
either of them, take it, it will be a treat.
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This book is very helpful for the medical provider to assist him/her in
communicating with Spanish-speaking patients in their rooms of the hospital, in
a clinical setting or a doctor's office. The bilingual translations help the
provider to speak with the monolingual patient and give necesssary instructions
or ask important questions to accomodate the patient.
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