Spanish For Health Care Professionals

by William C. Harvey

Updated with a new verb list, more vocabulary, more key phrases, and expanded exercise sections, this book offers English-speaking doctors, nurses, and medical assistants some basic Spanish vocabulary to help them deal with Hispanic patients who speak little or no English. The book starts with pronunciation tips and offers advice on listening comprehension with special focus on words and phrases that are likely to be used in a medical setting. True-to-life dialogues recreate situations involving pregnancy, broken bones, pediatric care, heart and lung diseases, geriatric care, communicable diseases, drug problems, medical treatment of crime victims, and more.

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

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Roy Madrid]

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]

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]

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]

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)