Spanish for Health Care (Spanish at Work Series)

by Patricia Rush, Patricia Houston

Using a "real-world," "no-frills" approach, this volume helps readers quickly master "need to know" phrases and routines of the health care field--in Spanish. It focuses on communicative survival in the job environment using basic vocabulary essential to specific topics. Art, realia, photographs and brief dialogs reinforce needed terms. Una visita al médico. El cuerpo humano. Las dolencias. Las enfermedades graves. ¡Emergencia! La nutrición. La maternidad y la pediatría. Problemas de salud. En el hospital. ¿Adónde tengo que ir? For health care professionals working with Spanish-speaking populations.

364 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 2002