An invaluable reference tool to improve communication with Spanish speaking patients, their families, and English speaking medical personnel.

Contreras is owner and founder of Educational News Service, which publishes language magazines, grammar guides and books for English speakers learning Spanish. He offers a reference text to help students and practitioners in the health care and social work professions to better communicate and understand the medical and health needs of the Spanish-speaking community. The text serves as a supplement to language instruction, with a brief overview of Spanish grammar, Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionaries and health care phrases and idioms, and 43 "focused care dialogues" arranged alphabetically by condition, from AIDS and emergency room information to pregnancy and visiting hours. Distributed in the U.S. by the University of New Mexico Press.
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A comprehensive guide to improving communication with Spanish speaking patients, and their families, and English speaking medical personnel, Salud is an invaluable reference tool. It provides needed information to enable effective communication that will result in more thorough patient interviews, identification of existing conditions, and, ultimately, a more comfortable relationship between healthcare provider and patient.

A quick, easy-to-use reference book, Salud is for medical students, nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, health care personnel, home health care workers, social workers, and translators in the health care profession. The medical dictionary and alphabetical phrase sections will make it easy to find and cross-reference the correct Spanish-English words and phrases. There are also focused care dialogues ranging from AIDS, anesthesia, and breast exam, to unconscious patient, urinary retention, and visiting hours.

The materials in this book were adapted from a variety of English and Spanish language sources for the sole purpose of language enrichment and should not be construed as medical advice or instruction.