Medical Spanish for Health Care Professionals: A New Approach

by Scott, Ron W.

• ISBN13: 9780763749828
• ISBN10: 0763749826
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-21
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

  Visit the Companion Website for Interactive Flashcards of Key Terms in English and Spanish! the ability to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients is crucial - limited English proficiency (LEP) Hispanics currently make up 20 percent of the patient population in the United States, And The US is rapidly becoming a dual-language nation. If you don't have the time to devote to learning the rules of Spanish, don't worry; you don't need to be a Spanish linguist to communicate with your patients, but you do need to know how to communicate with them. Through a novel but simple approach, this book will help you master elemental and basic conversational Spanish so your limited-English-proficient patients will understand you. By offering an early introduction of basic words and phrases along with multiple drills for mastering key health-related words, health care professionals and students will feel confident communicating with their Spanish-speaking patients and clients. Also includes: Bilingual vocabulary lists Practice drills Patient-health care professional encounter scenarios Chapter objectives Discussion questions Useful appendices Read the Prologue to Learn How to Use This Book! View Chapter One: "Why Learn Spanish"

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. ix
About the Author	p. xi
Why Learn Spanish?	p. 1
Demographics	p. 2
We Are a Bilingual Nation	p. 3
Sociocultural Considerations	p. 5
Spanish Dialects Throughout the World	p. 7
Summary	p. 10
You Are Not Trying to Become a Spanish Linguist!	p. 13
Health Care Professional-Patient Communication Is What is Key	p. 15
Documentation: The Key to Effective Communication	p. 20
Purposes of Patient Care Documentation	p. 21
Summary	p. 25
Starting Up	p. 27
You Are Striving to Become Conversational in Elemental Spanish	p. 28
How Do Language Learners with Limited Proficiency Communicate?	p. 29
Spanglish, Tex-Mex, and Derivatives Are Acceptable Modes of Interpersonal Communication	p. 30
You Already Know a Lot of Spanish	p. 31
Get and Use a Good Spanish-English Dictionary	p. 36
Summary	p. 37
The Basics	p. 39
Comparative Spanish and English Linguistics and Phonetics	p. 41
Grammar Review	p. 42
Basic Communicative Words and Phrases	p. 49
Summary	p. 54
The Medical Nitty-Gritty-You Can Do This!	p. 57
Patient Intake	p. 59
What Is the Patient's Problem?	p. 60
Medical and Social History Taking	p. 60
Systems Review and Physical Examination	p. 60
Diagnoses and Interventions	p. 63
Specialty Care	p. 64
Summary	p. 68
Focus on Rehabilitation	p. 71
Pain Questions	p. 73
Special Tests and Measurements	p. 75
Gait, Functional, and Postural Analyses	p. 76
Therapeutic Exercise	p. 76
Modalities and Manual Procedures	p. 79
Summary	p. 81
Special Considerations	p. 83
Translators Are Closer Than You May Think	p. 84
Abbreviations-Don't Stress Over Them!	p. 86
Driving Safely to Reach Effective Communication with Hispanic Patients and Their Significant Others-Take the Easiest, Most Direct Route	p. 87
Summary	p. 88
Epilogue: I Told You So!	p. 91
Quick Guide: Words and Phrases for Successful Communication Between Health Care Provider and Their Hispanic Patients	p. 93
English/Spanish Word Order	p. 93
Spanish/English Word Order	p. 110
Patient Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (English Version)	p. 127
Your Rights as a Patient	p. 127
Your Responsibilities as a Patient	p. 130
Patient Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (Spanish Version)	p. 131
Sus derechos como paciente	p. 131
Sus responsabilidades como paciente	p. 135
Sample HIPAA Privacy Notification (English Version)	p. 137
Clinical Privacy Policy	p. 137
Sample HIPAA Privacy Notification (Spanish Version)	p. 141
Norma de Privacidad de la Clinica	p. 141
Index	p. 145
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