Spanish and the Medical Interview: A Textbook for Clinically Relevant Medical Spanish

By Pilar Ortega and Pilar Ortega MD

Book Overview

You can't treat your patients if you can't communicate effectively with them. This textbook will make you proficient in medical Spanish and enhance your clinical interviews with Spanish-speaking patients. It reviews basic Spanish grammar and sentence structure, then addresses each aspect of the medical interview, teaching you to build upon these basic skills and learn to apply them in a clinical context. This is THE medical Spanish book for medical students, residents, and physicians Focused on unique vocabulary, context, and needs of a physician conducting a clinical interview with Spanish-speaking patientAccessible to all levels of students and practitioners who need basic Spanish skills in a clinical contextOrganized to follow the natural progression of the physician-patient encounter, as taught in US medical schoolsProvides ease of use and relevant, effective content critical for physicians to understand and effectively communicate with non-US patients

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416036490
• ISBN13: 9781416036494
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 7.0"