Spanish for Health Care Professionals: Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Personnel Communicate with Patients Whose Only Language Is Spanish » (Bilingual)

William C. Harvey has taught Spanish and ESL on the West Coast, in public schools, community colleges, and in private industry, where he has organized language workshops and seminars. He is the author of several Spanish language learning books, all of which take an informal approach to language teaching.

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Updated with more words, phrases, and exercises than ever, the new third edition also features two brand-new sections: one is focused to help health care receptionists, and the other concentrates on health insurance forms. This book will help doctors, nurses, and medical assistants communicate in Spanish with Latino patients and their families who have little or no command of English. Concentrating on words and phrases pertaining to medical circumstances, Spanish for Health Care Professionals presents true-to-life dialogues that dramatize situations as they typically occur in doctors' offices and the hospital environment.