Yes/No | Medical Spanish. Comprehensive Handbook of Clinical Spanish

This book is designed specifically for students and health-care workers with very limited understanding of Spanish. The questions are designed in such a way that the book serves two purposes: as a translating tool that virtually eliminates the need for a translator in the vast majority of cases, and as a cheat sheet for students learning the basic format for comprehensive histories, as well as the differential diagnoses questions for specific symptoms. The approach is different from other currently published books based on our format of yes/no questions designed to facilitate communication with the patient from intake to discharge in a variety of clinical settings (office-based, ER, hospital). Will contain chapters devoted to the following: pronunciation and simple every day grammar, commonly used vocabulary by categories, registration/check-in of patients to a health-care related facility, taking vital signs, medication history, triage questions, taking a comprehensive history, dealing with active medical problems, and more

Communicate more effectively with your Spanish-speaking patients! This pocket-sized guide translates A & P and other healthcare scenarios you encounter everyday into questions that require only Yes or No responses.

From registration through discharge, it s the reference you ll turn to first to deliver high-quality care in any clinical setting.

• An easy-to-reference format groups the clinical questions into three categories
• Comprehensive history-taking questions for adult, obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric patients
• Active medical problem questions for chronic, disease-based management
• Symptom-based questions for reaching a differential diagnosis
• Spanish pronunciation guidelines appear in the front of the book
• Multiple translations reflect regional and dialectical differences in usage and spelling

Commonly used charts on the inside back cover include the Wong-Baker pain scale and a body outline for indicating pain.

Communicate more effectively with your Spanish-speaking patients! This pocket-sized guide translates A & P and other healthcare scenarios you encounter everyday into questions that require only 'Yes' or 'No' responses. From registration through discharge, it's the reference you'll turn to first to deliver high-quality care in any clinical setting. An easy-to-reference format groups the clinical questions into three categories: comprehensive history-taking questions for adult, obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric patients; active medical problem questions for chronic, disease-based management; and, symptom-based questions for reaching a differential diagnosis. Spanish pronunciation guidelines appear in the front of the book. Multiple translations reflect regional and dialectical differences in usage and spelling. Commonly used charts on the inside back cover include the Wong-Baker pain scale and a body outline for indicating pain Copyright Foreword Reviewers Acknowledgments Contents Chapter 1: Breaking Down Language Barriers Chapter 2: Pronunciation and Grammar Chapter 3: Vocabulary Chapter 4: Meeting the Patient Chapter 5: History of Present Illness for Common Symptoms Chapter 6: Active Medical Conditions Chapter 7: Comprehensive Adult History Chapter 8: Review of Systems Chapter 9: Physical Exam Chapter 10: Questions for Special Populations Chapter 11: Health Behaviors History and Education Chapter 12: Special Patient Instructions Chapter 13: End-of-Visit Instructions Appendix A: CAGE Questionnaire Appendix B: Geriatric Depression Scale (Short) Appendix C: Dementia Screening Appendix D: Functional Assessment Tools Appendix E: English-Spanish and Spanish-English Dictionary Index Personality and cultural differences among Spanish descendants in the Americas Pronunciation and grammar Vocabulary Meeting the patient History of present illness for common symptoms Active medical conditions Comprehensive adult history Review of systems Physical exam Questions for special populations Health behaviors history and education Special patient instructions End-of-visit instructions.