Authors: Robert O. Chase, Clarisa B. Medina de Chase
ISBN-13: 9780300124262, ISBN-10: 0300124260
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: 3rd Edition
Robert O. Chase is a social worker and pretrial competency examiner at the Whiting Forensic Institute. He teaches Spanish at Tunxis Community College, the Yale University Center for Language Studies, and local hospitals. Clarisa B. Medina de Chase is a Dominican Republic native and a rehabilitation therapist at Connecticut Valley Hospital.
Now in its third edition, this widely used textbook is designed for students with little or no formal background in Spanish. It provides the necessary language and vocabulary to facilitate better communication between health care providers and the growing Spanish-speaking community. This classroom text uses readings, exercises, and interactive activities such as challenging and enjoyable improvisation to integrate structure, Spanish medical vocabulary, and colloquial terms that nurses, doctors, dentists, and allied health professionals need most. Rich cultural notes explain Latino customs and communication styles.
New to the Third Edition:
DVD video featuring dramatic interactions between a family and its health care providers as well as demonstrations of specific communication tasks in health care
More communicative activities and larger lexicon
Revised and expanded cultural notes
A companion Web site - yalebooks.com/medicalspanish - with self-correcting quizzes and links to medical and language sites
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | ||
1 | "Hello, I Am the Doctor." | 1 |
2 | "How Are You?" | 27 |
3 | "What Is the Matter?" | 42 |
4 | The Receptionist | 60 |
5 | The Family | 78 |
6 | The Pharmacy | 97 |
7 | Diet and Nutrition | 115 |
8 | The Doctor's Office | 134 |
9 | The Past (Preterit) Tense | 152 |
10 | Taking Medical History | 167 |
11 | Hospital Admissions and Mental Health | 187 |
12 | Maternity and Safer Sex | 208 |
App. 1 | The Spanish Alphabet | 225 |
App. 2 | A Guide to Some Irregular and Stem-Changing Verbs | 226 |
Glossary: English to Spanish | 231 | |
Glossary: Spanish to English | 245 |