Spanish for Health Care Professionals

by William C. Harvey

Expanded in this edition with more words, phrases, and helpful exercises, this program also features two brand-new sections. One of them is directed at health care receptionists, and the other deals with health insurance forms. This bookis designed to help doctors, nurses, and medical assistants communicate in Spanish with Latino patients and their families who have little or no command of English. Every Spanish word in the book is followed by its phonetic pronunciation. The book also provides easy-to-follow tips on understanding colloquial spoken Spanish. Author William Harvey concentrates on words and phrases likely to be used in a medical setting. True-to-life dialogues dramatize situations pertaining to pregnancy, broken bones, pediatric care, heart and lung diseases, pharmacy prescriptions, drug problems, medical treatment of accident and crime victims, and much more.

Genres: Spanish Literature, Language, Reference, Medical, Nonfiction

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Roy Madrid · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful as a practice guide and handbook for those who know very little or need a refresher. I appreciate the focus on teaching everything from the professional third person (usted) tense.

Note: Some words will be different in different places!

[Riobhcah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a vet tech and I use Spanish fairly frequently in my work. This is an excellent book for improving your Spanish vocabulary and comprehension if you work in the medical field or if you are just interested in expanding your Spanish in that area for any other reason.

[Adriana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was extremely helpful to me! I think the friend who lent it to me missed her calling as a librarian. She chose it for me and it was a perfect fit. I am a Spanish interpreter in hospital settings. I was able to put the vocabulary and sentences into practice in my daily work! Also, it wasn’t a complete dry book of vocab words structured like a dictionary. The author gave a bit of their background story and put together scenarios in which you would use the vocab!

[Marissa]

The content is too beginner level for me.

[Israel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly vocab lists. Some practice places. Mostly a refresher. Some new vocab words attained.

[Miles Nilsson]

A work in progress.

[Christopher Hurtado]

Spanish for Health Care Professionals with Audiocassettes by Wiliam C. Harvey M.S. (2000)