Spanish Terminology for the Eyecare Team by: Brian Chou 3 used from $31.55 13 Thirdparty New from $31.19 Edition: Media: Paperback EAN: 9780750675628 ISBN: 0750675624 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2005-10-27 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Product Description: Convenient and pocket-sized, this unique eyecare resource helps improve communication and patient care in every office that serves Spanish-speaking patients. It mimics how each member of the eyecare team interacts with patients, aiding clinicians and office workers in formulating explanations, instructions, and questions in Spanish. A companion audio CD-ROM provides the English-to-Spanish translation of every phrase in the book.
Covers everything from salutations to case histories and follow up care in the style the eyecare team interacts with patients, related to both administration and procedures.
Uses simple, non-technical terms to maximize patient comprehension for both yes/no and open-ended questions.
Includes a companion audio CD-ROM that provides the English-to-Spanish translation of every phrase in the book, plus printable patient handouts in Spanish.
Features contributions by an ophthalmologist to enhance surgical coverage, while contributions by an optician provide more coverage of dispensing and front office exchanges.
Contains anatomical diagrams labeled in Spanish.
Provides extensive coverage of contact lenses and specific conditions such as eye injuries.
Includes a glossary offering an English-to-Spanish list of common words and phrases divided by categories such as days of the week, interrogative questions, common optometric terms, and other terms in common use that are not necessarily related to optometry.
Provides several versions of equivalent expressions so that users with different styles of communication will be able to select the expressions that they like best.
Product Description: Practical, on-the-job help for medical professionals who work with Spanish-speaking patients
This compact, phrase-packed resource provides all the vocabulary medical professionals need to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and their families. It's written expressly for caregivers, so users will find the phrases and vocabulary they need to cover everything from routine office visits to treatments and prescriptions to major medical procedures. Complete with pronunciations for all listings, this hands-on guide efficiently bridges the communication gap between physicians, nurses, clinic workers, aid agencies, and emergency responders and their Spanish-speaking clientele.
Medical Spanish Made Incredibly Quick! (Incredibly Easy! Series) from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 9 used from $16.77 28 Thirdparty New from $16.76 Edition: 1st Media: Spiral-bound EAN: 9781582556840 ISBN: 1582556849 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2007-05-01 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Product Description:
Designed to fit comfortably into a pocket, Medical Spanish Made Incredibly Quick! is the perfect point-of-care reference and communication tool for health care professionals who work with Spanish-speaking patients. It covers the basics of pronunciation and provides translations for hundreds of medical terms and questions, organized logically into sections on assessment, procedures, medications, teaching, and nutrition. Questions are phrased in yes-or-no format to elicit the most useful information from patients. The book includes visual communication tools such as a picture dictionary and see-and-point pictures. The wipeable page surface allows users to write notes and remove them easily.
Product Description: La especialidad de este libro se concentra en dos premisas: El desequilibrio termino corporal es condicion de todo enfermo, en grado variable y no hay enfermo sin fiebre. Porque segun el autor, es la fiebre y no el microbio, el enemigo de la salud humana. Su eliminacion de las entranas es condicion indispensable para gozar de normalidad, es decir, de salud corporal plena y creativa.
Spanish Three Years Review Text by: Robert J. Nassi 19 used from $4.60 3 Thirdparty New from $18.95 Edition: Media: Paperback EAN: 9780877205371 ISBN: 087720537X Number Of Pages: 458 Publication Date: 1988-06 Publisher: Amsco School Pubns Inc
Book Description: This communicative-based, hands-on volume is designed primarily to help professionals already working in the field or pre-professionals getting ready to work in one of the many areas of education to use real-life language on the job. The volume provides a pragmatic “real-world” language and culture training program than provides beginning students with the foundation to master essential language skills. The guide examines language topics such as vamos a la escuela, ¡la vuelta al cole!, la oficina de salud, el personal de la escuela, la seguridad en la escuela, recursos de la cumunidad, la escuela secundaria, consejos útiles, la universidad, and entonces y ahora. For school personnel interested in a guide to essential Spanish language.
This manual presents situations and vocabulary that medical personnel encounter in the course of their daily work. Correlated to Basic Spanish Grammar, 6/e, dialogues, personalized questions, grammar exercises, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities introduce and reinforce key medical vocabulary while encouraging students to communicate in Spanish. Supplementary readings on illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and AIDS reflect some of the most urgent concerns of the medical community. The Sixth Edition features up-to-date medical vocabulary, medical notes from a cross-cultural perspective, and practical reference information.
Product Description: The #1 New York Times bestseller from the cancer survivor who became a four-time Tour de France champ. "In 1996, young cycling phenom Armstrong discovered he had testicular cancer. In 1999, he won the Tour de France. Now he's a new father and a memoirist: with pluck, humility and verve, this volume covers his early life, his rise through the endurance sport world and his medical difficulties. The book features a disarming and spotless prose style, one far above par for sports memoirs." Publishers Weekly Description in Spanish: Esta es la historia de un viaje de la tragedia a la transformacion. Se trata del relato del Lance Armstrong, su infancia, sus primeros logros, el terror que sufrio al tener que enfrentarse a un cancer de testiculo que amenazaba con matarle, su recuperacion, la victoria contra la enfermedad y, finalmente, como gano el Tour de Francia de 1999 e hizo realidad su sueno de ser padre.
Product Description: Experienced, bilingual physicians from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital deliver this practical, new manual for effective communication with Spanish-speaking patients. Provides a bilingual medical history questionnaire for common conditions, a complete list of differential diagnosis type questions, and discharge instructions--all of which are accompanied with clear phonetic spellings.
English & Spanish Medical Words & Phrases, Fourth Edition, is a handy, pocket-sized reference book covering important medical terms and phrases. It's the perfect resource for nurses and other health care professionals who care for Spanish-speaking patients as well as those professionals whose primary language is Spanish rather than English. From admission to discharge and follow-up, there are thousands of scenarios for which accurate and timely communication between clinician and patient is vital. The key terms needed for such communication are covered in this comprehensive pocket-sized reference.
