Delmar's English and Spanish Pocket Dictionary for Health Professionals [Paperback]

Rochelle K. Kelz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0827361718 | ISBN-13: 978-0827361713 | Publication Date: November 22, 1996 | Edition: 1

This unique bilingual dictionary contains Spanish terminology specific to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other countries. This book, with extensive drug terminology, will meet the needs of physicians, dentists, social workers, nurses, hospitals, clinics, opticians, ambulance attendants, teachers as well as medical technicians. In addition the format is such that it can easily be used in Spanish speaking countries to teach English to those working in the same healthcare fields.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

About the Author

Professor of Languages and Education

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (November 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827361718
• ISBN-13: 978-0827361713
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #700,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One great dictionary, February 27, 2000

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Earl K Plunkett MD (Caliente, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delmar's English and Spanish Pocket Dictionary for Health Professionals (Paperback)

This volume is more than a dictionary with its visual diagrams. Small enough to carry around, complete enough to do the job.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars has terms that other dictionaries don't, April 25, 2002

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Peter A Rowinsky (boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delmar's English and Spanish Pocket Dictionary for Health Professionals (Paperback)

this is a pretty solid dictionary... i use this as my primary reference as a medical interpreter and translator. it's small enough to carry around in a satchel, but not really a pocket reference... for its size, it lists a number of terms that i did not find in colleagues' dictionaries.
the slang listings are extensive, although not practically useful. most patients are familiar with both slang and some formal description of medical terminology, and so i think that the space they used up here with slang could have been better spent. overall, however, this is a wonderful and accessible volume for health professionals.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but with problems, July 21, 2003

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Katrina B. Ooms (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delmar's English and Spanish Pocket Dictionary for Health Professionals (Paperback)

I work as a medical interpreter and use this as my main reference tool. I particularly love the anatomical diagrams, and that the dictionary gives regional usage of words. One very serious problem though - when there is more than one option for a translation, the choices are listed in alphabetical order with no consideration for which choice is the most frequently used. So, I might have to try out a number of words before I hit on the one that the patient understands (I'm also studying for a certification exam and have no way of knowing which of several choices is likely to be on the test). It's common practice in dictionaries to list the most commonly used choice first - this would have been much more helpful. I'm currently shopping for another dictionary that doesn't have this problem.