For health workers serving a growing community. Today, when one in four babies born in the US is Hispanic, it is essential that every hospital administrator, nurse, EMT, and doctor have a working knowledge of Spanish. Chapters include vocabulary, phrases, and pronunciation for everything from insurance forms to mental health to prenatal care, with additional sections on dentistry and optometry. • Essential reference for doctors, nurses, EMTs, nursing home staff, home caregivers, volunteers, hospice nurses, and administrators. • Perfect size for a lab coat pocket. • Author is an experienced linguist with experience in teaching health care–related Spanish courses.

This essential reference is designed for United States health workers servinga growing Hispanic community.

Want to learn Medical Spanish but find it too difficult and time consuming? Well this book offers an easy way to learn hundreds of terms and phrases necessary to care for and connect with a Spanish-speaking patient. In addition it walks you through a history and physical and includes an English-Spanish Medical Dictionary for easy reference. Learning Spanish can be easy and fun so don't wait!!

You're no idiot, of course. You need to know enough Spanish to get by-or at least get directions to the bathroom when necessary. But your limited vocabulary and questionable grammar aren't getting you anywhere...

Simplified Medical Spanish for Healthcare Professionals This book is specifically created for healthcare professionals: in particular, physicians, physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses (including, LVNs, LPNs), medical assistants, lab technicians, and ancillary medical staff. Interact with Spanish-speaking patients, even with zero prior background in the language. Learn basic Spanish medical phrases, key medical terminology, medical abbreviations, and more. Spanish-English and English-Spanish medical dictionary. Audio narrated by a native Spanish-speaker to practice your listening and pronunciation skills. Interact with Spanish-speaking patients Learn how to conduct patient interviews, speak with patients' family members, perform examinations, give instructions, provide diagnoses and prescriptions, and deal with several other medical scenarios - all in Spanish. The Most Useful Medical Spanish Vocabulary This book will provide you with basic Spanish medical phrases, key medical terms, medical abbreviations, as well as a handy Spanish-English and English-Spanish medical dictionary towards the end of the book. Practical Medical Scenarios From the basics such as obtaining patients' information, conducting tests, providing diagnoses, handling emergencies, pregnancies, surgeries, and more, you will also find some background information complete with phrases to help you handle every medical scenario with ease. Pronunciation Guide and BONUS Audio Most of the other similar books in the market will provide you with a phonetic pronunciation guide such as the one available in this e-book. But what other materials available in the market don't have is a FREE supplementary audio that you can listen to anytime, anywhere. You can use the audio tracks to practice your listening skills and you can also use them for pronunciation practice. The high-quality audio provided to you is narrated by a native Spanish-speaker to help train your ear to the sound of authentic Spanish as spoken by natives. Get your copy today and start learning medical Spanish!

This book is the perfect guide for doctors, nurses, and other health care personnel who treat Hispanic patients who speak little or no English. It includes more than 1,400 useful lists of phrases and words that are most likely to be used in a medical setting. Readers can flip quickly to the appropriate section for help in asking and answering questions. This handy reference helps medical and administrative staff to: Make appointments Collect medical history and insurance information Describe procedures Ask about symptoms and pain Reassure and comfort patients This pocket-sized guide even features the basics of Spanish grammar and punctuation. Complete with Spanish and English glossaries, and is all health care workers need to communicate effectively with their Hispanic patients and family members.