Conversational Medical Spanish

by Craig Sinkinson

Overview

Conversational Medical Spanish is updated and practical, making it one of the most useful guides for all health care workers. It allows readers to develop the skills to communicate quickly and effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and their families.

The book is adapts to various Spanish-speaking needs in terms of presentation. It emphasizes written, formal, and academic Spanish, as well as casual, and everyday Spanish.

Special to this book are sections on medical history, diagnosis, therapy, supplies, patient instructions, authorizations and signatures, labor and delivery, foods, time, dates, dialogues, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935799634
Publisher:	Language Arts Publishing
Publication date:	09/30/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	604
File size:	235 KB

About the Author

Craig A. Sinkinson, M.D. is the most prolific writer of Medical Spanish books on the planet. He teaches courses and electives on Medical Spanish, International Medicine, and the Art of Medicine. Dr. Sinkinson's clinical work is in Antigua and Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, where he is the President of the nonprofit foundation, Mayan Medical Aid. There he developed a Nobel-prize-quality model for the delivery of sustainable health care to over 17,000 disadvantaged Maya. The project is reproducible and funded by the donations associated with his teaching to undergraduate students, medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and dentists. For more information on these electives and associated scholarships, please go to www.mayanmedicalaid.org, and get prepared for what many medical students and residents refer to as the best clinical experience of their careers.