Essential Spanish for Healthcare : A Quick, Easy-To-Use Program for : Nurses, Doctors, Clinic and Hospital Administrators, Ems Personnel and Home Healthcare Workers [Audiobook, Large Print, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Living Language (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0609600893 | ISBN-13: 978-0609600894 | Publication Date: November 4, 1997 | Edition: Pap/Cas

A Quick, Easy-to-Use Program for:
Nurses, Doctors, Clinic and  Hospital Administrators, EMS Personnel and Home Healthcare Workers

NO Previous Knowledge of Spanish Required.

Ready to use on the job, Essential Spanish for Healthcare is a vital tool for anyone who works with Spanish-speaking clients in hospitals, clinics, or other healthcare-related areas. This program has everything you need to communicate immediately and effectively, including a phrasebook, two cassettes, and a quick reference guide. Essential Spanish for Healthcare covers common situations, such as reception and sign-in, taking medical history, discussing symptoms, delivering the prognosis, and dealing with family and friends.

The phrasebook includes more than 2,500 essential Spanish words and phrases, organized by topic.
                Phonetic transcriptions help you pronounce Spanish correctly.
                Culture notes address sensitive issues.
                Spanish-English/English-Spanish glossary and grammar summary are great for reference.

The two 90-minute cassettes can be used to improve your conversation and comprehension skills - while you're in the car, exercising, or at home.

The reference guide fits in your pocket and contains the most important words and expressions you'll need on the job.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A life saver . . . The sensitive yet candid culture notes . . . move the program one step ahead of just medical Spanish."
Carol Horky,  Director, Continuing Medical Education, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Living Language; Pap/Cas edition (November 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609600893
• ISBN-13: 978-0609600894
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 2 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,724,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book/cassette crash course for health workers, May 2, 2001

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Jmark2001 (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Spanish for Healthcare (LL(R) Essential Workplace) (Paperback)

There are at least three books on the market for health care workers who wish to learn enough spanish to help their Latino patients. I have all three and think that this is the best one. The others have many dialogues and phrases that are simply unrealistic and would never need to be known by a nurse or a doctor. You end up wasting your time learning phrases that you will never use. This book (be sure to get the cassettes also as they have all of the essential phrases so you can practice your pronunciation) has words and phrases which mirror reality. This is information you can really use. It is amazing how much you can pick up with just a few hours of study. Well worth the price!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Spanish for HealthCare, June 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Essential Spanish for Healthcare : A Quick, Easy-To-Use Program for : Nurses, Doctors, Clinic and Hospital Administrators, Ems Personnel and Home Healthcare Workers (Audio Cassette)

The book, casette, and pocket guide, as a set provide above basic Spanish language available to study and use at work. I have had 2 years of spanish at the college level, this book is advanced enough to be helpful. The pocket guide is portable, and you can quickly look up the area of the body the person is having trouble with. Unfortunately, it cannot keep stressed out parents and children from speaking so rapidly or excitedly to always catch what they are communicating back. If you know some spanish, this set helps as a crutch to get through an initial assessment.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disapointing, December 26, 2002

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"kvasyu02" (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Spanish for Healthcare : A Quick, Easy-To-Use Program for : Nurses, Doctors, Clinic and Hospital Administrators, Ems Personnel and Home Healthcare Workers (Audio Cassette)

The book was disapointing. Material is not organized by the level of difficulty. Very simple sentences and phrases are placed next to gramaticly advanced ones.
"Grammar notes" provide a few very basic grammar rules and are inadequate for the level of gramatical dificulty of many sentences.
The majority of the patient interview questions and recomended phrases are either irrelevant or simply inappropriate.
Buy this book if you want to learn the names of the body parts in Spanish, but do not expect much else of it.