Product Description: Includes a glossary of medical acronyms, and reference material on translation techniques, translation equipment, dictionaries, reference literature,and terminology management.
Product Description: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL. A pocket-sized quick-reference on communicating more effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. Includes questions with answers in Spanish and English, terms and phrases, and discharge instructions. For physicians, nurses, and paramedics.
Product Description: Designed to facilitate communication between Spanish-speaking patients with little or no knowledge of English and English-speaking medical personnel with little or no knowledge of Spanish, this handy book, a best seller in its first three editions, is now issued in a fourth edition, the first to include pediatric workups. Designed for use in the clinic, the emergency room, the physician�s office, and at the patient�s bedside, ¿Qué Pasó? is also useful for travelers in Spanish-speaking countries. In addition to guides to common phrases, everyday questions, and answers, and essential non-medical terminology and vocabulary, the authors have provided a variety of medical workups on situations ranging from the headache to family planning. The new pediatric material will make this highly praised book even more useful than the earlier editions.
Product Description: Those who work as an EMT or paramedic and deal with Spanish-speaking patients need this audio CD. Users can learn anywhere and at anytime on a MP3 player or iPhone®, in the car, at the gym, on the way to work, at the beach, etc. After using this audio CD, you will be able to utilize Spanish to do the following: greet others and identify patients and yourself; employ basic social and courtesy phrases; determine chief complaint and conduct initial assessment; obtain medical history; employ body commands for assessment and treatment; facilitate transport of sick and injured; explain transport policies; AND MORE.
Product Description: A mini-phrasebook and an audio compact disc are handsomely packaged in a set that is designed to help non-Spanish-speaking medical personnel communicate with Hispanics who have little or no English but need medical help. The phrasebook presents English and Spanish words and phrases categorized according to different medically-related subjects. Body parts, names of diseases, types of injury, and surgical procedures are just a few of the subjects in which English phrases are matched with their Spanish equivalents. The compact disc closely follows the written text and offers guidance in pronunciation and listening comprehension. Here is an ideal aid for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hospital and clinic receptionists and administrators, and others who speak no Spanish but frequently deal with Spanish-speaking patients.
Product Description: This text provides the building blocks for effective communication in the health care environment. Using the programmed approach to learning, readers interact with the text by filling in blanks and then confirming their answers to discover new terminology. It’s a comprehensive, yet unintimidating way to learn essential medical terms. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details. * Programmed learning approach motivates students through immediate positive reinforcement and quickly identifies problems before a student gets confused * Medical terminology organized by body systems complements anatomy & physiology and other foundation courses — this flexible organization permits teaching body systems in any order * Conversational writing style makes reading and absorbing the material enjoyable * Thorough explanations of terms help the reader understand and remember material * Pharmacology in each chapter introduces the key drugs likely to be prescribed for disorders — and the pharmacology appendix adds even more information about drugs and their uses * Numerous case studies provide readers the opportunity to apply their knowledge to clinical situations and medical reports * Companion CD-ROM reinforces learning and further tests comprehension, retention, and the spelling of medical terms * Variety of exercises and lear
Product Description: The most complete and useful Medical Spanish resource ever created. You’ll feel naked without it. A collection of six books: • Two Medical Spanish Dictionaries: English to Spanish and Spanish to English; over 20,000 terms, including over 2500 verbs. It is a collection of both technical and common terms, making it a refreshing change from most other bilingual, medical dictionaries, which only emphasize scientific terms. It also contains a quick-reference, grammar guide, as well as a collection of regional expressions. • Medical Spanish—Complete History: Step-by-step phrases for taking a complete medical history. Don’t know much Spanish? No problem. If you speak English, you can take a history from Spanish-speaking patients with this book. It is that complete and easy to use. • Medical Spanish—Physical Examination/Evaluation: Just as easy are the step-by-step phrases for performing a complete physical examination. Do you want your patients to sit down, bend over, cough, squat, or be quiet? No matter what your Spanish level, this book orients the exam and evaluation in the way you think in English. • Medical Spanish—Diagnosis: A virtual cookbook for instructing patients about numerous diagnostic issues. Want the diagnosis in technical terms? Want the diagnosis in lay terms? And want the diagnosis explained in the kind of Spanish, which your patients understand? This book has it all. • Medical Spanish—Treatment: If you need to explain how to deal with diabetes or asthma, or how to use an inhaler, or when and how to take medications, this information — plus more on a myriad of other topics — is in this book. Just read the English in your head and speak the Spanish. Uncommonly simple — and utilitarian. • Medical Spanish—Verb Conjugator: Now you can conjugate over 2001 verbs into every commonly used tense. It is a collection of both technical and common verbs, making it a far more useful to medical personnel than any other verb conjugation reference.
Product Description: To meet the health care needs of Spanish-speaking patients, you have to be able to communicate with them. Master the Spanish you need to know for medical school and practice! Organized by body system, this new book uses a problem-based approach to help you learn the Spanish anatomy, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment vocabulary and phrases you need to interact effectively with patients around a variety of health issues. Case studies highlight the practical applications of the skills covered in every chapter, and cultural competencies help you overcome cultural barriers to effective communication. A bonus audio CD-ROM models the case dialogues in Spanish so you practice your listening and speaking skills.
A problem- and system-based approach helps you learn Spanish in a meaningful and effective manner.
Abundant case studies demonstrate how to apply Spanish vocabulary in real clinical situations.
Coverage of relevant anatomy, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment applications reinforces your medical studies while you learn Spanish.
Cultural competencies help you overcome cultural barriers to effective communication.
A bonus audio CD-ROM models the case dialogues in Spanish so you practice your listening and speaking skills.
Product Description: The Medical Spanish pocket is a vital communication tool for anyone working with Spanish-speaking patients.
* 2nd edition, completely updated: now including dental Spanish. * Clearly organized by history and physical examination with specific in-depth questions and phrases appropriate to each medical specialty. * Bilingual dictionary containing Spanish medical terminology specific to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other countries. * Provides hundreds of essential ready to use words and phrases.
Product Description: Pocket-sized, quick-reference text provides an overview of the Spanish language; covers the interview, examination, and course of an office visit; specific questions and phrases; and a dictionary of medical terminology, English to Spanish and Spanish to English. Softcover.
