Spanish in Health Care: Policy, Practice and Pedagogy in Latino Health (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)

"Spanish in Health Care fills an important gap by offering a panoramic overview of the research on Spanish in health settings that is emerging from a variety of disciplines. Synthesizing research from diverse disciplines such as sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, health services research, behavioural health research, health policy and administration, and social epidemiology, the volume offers a uniquely unified approach to the subject of Spanish in healthcare. This volume will be of interest to researchers in Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, health communication, and languages for specific purposes"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of figures List of tables and text box Acknowledgments 1 Language and Latino health: from social determinant to syndemic Overview of the book How language affects health Language, Latinidad, and Latino health Language and Latino health: from social determinant to syndemic References 2 Language in health care policies Health policy in the United States Health care as right and as commodity The role of the government Who “deserves” subsidized care? Language policy and planning in the United States Key concepts in language policy and planning Language policy and planning in the U.S. Language policy in health care in the United States Language policy in health care at the national level Language policy in health care at the state level Language in health care policy and ideologies of language Language in health care policy and health policy References 3 Language and cultural practices in health communication Language and culture in health communication Health behavior theory Models of health behavior change Language and culture in health behavior theory Provider-patient communication Health communication approaches to provider-patient interaction Language and culture in provider-patient communication Interpreter-mediated communication Ethics and standards of practice in interpreting Language and culture in ethical reflection on interpreting Cultural values and beliefs Critical perspective on cultural values and beliefs References 4 Uncovering language and cultural practices in Latino health Provider-patient communication in Latino health Sociomedical studies of provider-patient communication Discourse studies of provider-patient communication Interpreter-mediated communication in Latino health Sociomedical studies of interpreter-mediated communication Discourse studies of interpreter-mediated communication Mass communication in Latino health Health literacy and Latino health Health information seeking and Latino health Communication ecologies in Latino health References 5 Language pedagogy and Latino health The making of medical Spanish The historical roots of medical Spanish The evolution of medical Spanish curricula Languages for Specific Purposes Shaping the LSP agenda The expansion of the LSP agenda Medical Spanish and LSP The diversity of medical Spanish programs Needs analysis in medical Spanish and pedagogical innovation Medical Spanish and language assessment Teaching Spanish for Latino Health Health/communicative inequities in Spanish for Latino Health Ethical Listening, testimonial justice and raciolinguistic perspectives in Spanish for Latino Health Translanguaging and Spanish for Latino Health References Index