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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 professionals may 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 essential medical 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCengage Heinle
ISBN-100495902667
ISBN-139780495902669
eBay Product ID (ePID)77387272
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Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSpanish for Medical Personnel: Basic Spanish Series
Publication Year2010
SubjectSpanish, Dictionaries & Terminology
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Medical
AuthorAna Jarvis, Francisco Mena-Ayllon, Raquel Lebredo
SeriesWorld Languages Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight24.9 Oz
Item Length10.6 in
Item Width8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Target AudienceCollege Audience
Table of ContentLección 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. The present 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 the hospital. 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 and estar. 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 formsCommunication: In a gynegologist's office. Notas culturales: 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 Spanish Grammar: 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 DIABÈTICOS.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 togetherCommunication: Getting your annual physical exam. Notas culturales: Preventive medical care.Lección 9.Con el dentist. Structures from Basic 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 careLectura III: ¿QUE ES LA PLANIFICACION FAMILIAR? Lección 10En 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 emergenciesNotas culturales: Hispanic patients and the American Healthcare System. Repaso (Lecciones 6-10).Lección 11.Nace un bebé. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Time expressions with hacer2. Irregular preterits. 3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u). 4. Command forms: tú. Communication: Giving birth;