Spanish for medical personnel: basic spanish series

BASIC SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL is a communication manual designed to serve those in the medical professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that medical students, pre-professionals, and professionalsmay encounter at work settings such as hospitals, emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients and personnel in the United States. BASIC SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL introduces essentialmedical vocabulary, practical reference information, and medical notes written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text. INDICE: Lección preliminar I. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations).Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The Alphabet. 2. Cardinal numbers 0-39. Lección preliminar II. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations). Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 3. Gender and number. 4. The definite and indefinite articles. 5. The present indicative of ser. 6. Cardinal numbers 40-299. Lección 1. En el consultorio. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Thepresent indicative of regular -ar verbs. 2. Interrogative and negative sentences. 3. Forms and position of adjectives. 4. Telling time. 5. Cardinal numbers 300-1,000. Communication: Preliminary patient information. Notas culturales:Dates in Spanish; Spanish surnames. Lección 2. En el hospital. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Agreement of adjectives, nouns, and adjectives. 2.The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs. 3. Possession with de.4. Possessive adjectives. 5. The personal a. Communication: Checking into thehospital. Notas culturales: Multicultural health issues. Lección 3. En el consultorio del pediatra I. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar. 2. Ir a+ infinitive. 3. Uses of the verbs ser andestar. 4. Contractions. Communication: In a pediatrician's office. Notas culturales: The role of the pharmacist; the metric system. Lectura I: EL ASMA. Lección 4. Con el ginecólogo. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The irregular verbs tener and venir. 2. Expressions with tener. 3. Comparative forms. 4. Irregular comparative forms Communication: In a gynegologist's office. Notasculturales: Birthing trends, women's health issues. Lección 5. En el consultorio del pediatra II. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie). 2. Some uses of the definite article. 3. The present progressive.4. Ordinal numbers. Communication: More on children's health. Notas culturales: Asthma; Vaccination/immunization in children; children's health issues. Repaso (Lecciones 1-5). Lección 6. Con el dietista. Structures from Basic SpanishGrammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (o:ue). 2. Affirmative and negative expressions. 3. Pronouns as object of a preposition. 4. Direct object pronouns. Communication: The importance of diet. Notas culturales: Diabetes in the Hispanic population; healthy eating habits. Lectura II: LA DIETA PARA DIABETICOS. Lección 7. En el Centro de Planificación Familiar. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i). 2. Irregular first-person forms. 3. Saber contrasted with conocer. 4. Indirect object pronouns. Communication: Family planning. Notas culturales: Attitudes toward contraception and reproduction. Lección 8. Un examen físico. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar. 2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta. 3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. 4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together Communication: Getting your annual physical exam. Notas culturales: Preventive medical care. Lección 9. Con el dentist. Structures fromBasic Spanish Grammar: 1. Possessive pronouns. 2. Reflexive constructions. 3.Command forms: Ud. and Uds. 4. Uses of object pronouns with command forms. Communication: Dental hygiene and general oral health. Notas culturales: Preventive dental care Lectura III: ¿QUE ES LA PLANIFICACION FAMILIAR? Lección 10 En la sala de emergencia. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The preterit of regular verbs. 2. The preterit of ser, ir and dar. 3. Uses of por and para.4. Seasons of the year abd weather expressions. Communication: Dealing with various health emergencies Notas culturales: Hispanic patients and the AmericanHealthcare System. Repaso (Lecciones 6-10). Lección 11. Nace un bebé. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Time expressions with hacer 2. Irregular preterits. 3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u). 4. Command forms: tú. Communication: Giving birth; infant care. Notas culturales: Midwives; breast-feeding vs. bottle-feeding. Lección 12. En el centro medico. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. En and a as equivalents of at. 2. The imperfecttense. 3. The past progressive. 4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect. Communication: In the specialist's office. Notas culturales: Medical specialists; the curandero. Lectura IV: EL CANCER. Lección 13. En el hospital. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer. 2. Hace meaning ago. 3. Uses of se 4. ¿Qué? and ¿Cuál? used with ser. Communication: As a patient in the hospital. Notas culturales: Health professionals and Spanish-speaking clients. Lección 14. En el laboratorio y en la sala de rayos x. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The past participle. 2. The present perfect tense. 3. The past perfect (pluperfect) tense Communication: Diagnostic evaluations. Notas culturales: Screening tests in the Hispanic American population. Lección 15. Enfermedades venéreas. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The future tense. 2. The conditional tense. 3. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en. Communication: Dealing with sexually transmitted diseases. Notas culturales: Sexually transmitted diseases; Living with HIV/AIDS. Lectura V: El SIDA. Repaso (Lecciones 11-15). Lección 16. Problemas de la hypertension. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The present subjunctive. 2. The subjunctive with verbs of volition. 3. The absolute superlative Communication: Dealing with high blood pressure in patients. Notas culturales: Hypertension in the Latino community; Hypertension from a folk medicine perspective; The impact of diet and nutrition. Lección 17. En el consultorio del Dr. Gómez, clinic. Structures

• ISBN: 978-0-495-90266-9
• Editorial: Heinle & Heinle
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés