Spanish and the Medical Interview Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

by Pilar Ortega, MD

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ISBN: 9780323371490

Publication Date: 07-01-2015

Page Count: 512

Imprint: Elsevier

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Focusing on communication needs in real-world clinical situations, Dr. Pilar Ortega’s updated edition of this practical text helps you address today’s growing demand for Spanish-speaking physicians and healthcare workers. This pocket-sized resource provides basic Spanish skills, sample interview questions, relevant cultural information, and more, in addition to online videos of physician-patient interactions, interactive self-assessment tools, and clinical vignettes. You’ll find exactly what you need to develop better physician-patient communication skills, increase your cultural competence, and make better clinical decisions in your practice.

New to This Edition
- Improve your skills with new and expanded content including more practice exercises for self-assessment, information on cultural issues, grammar tips and practice, complex clinical scenarios, and how to best use interpreters in your practice
- Stay up to date with new chapters on pediatric health; common procedures and informed consent; the physician’s impression and plan; diabetes medication; travel history and special exposures; adult immunization history; exercise and adult health safety screening; and specialized physical examination
- Gauge and hone your doctor-patient communication skills with interactive self-assessment tools and practice exercises
- Watch video of real-time physician-patient exchanges (with English and Spanish subtitles), complete interactive practice exercises, and learn from clinical vignettes—all online at Student Consult
- eBook version included! Access the entire book online or offline across all devices with the Student Consult eBook
Key Features
- Students can quickly grasp the nuts and bolts of better communication, thanks to essential coverage of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, sample interview questions, and helpful interview techniques
- New chapters keep students up to date with pediatric health; common procedures and informed consent; the physician’s impression and plan; diabetes medication; travel history and special exposures; adult immunization history; exercise and adult health safety screening; and specialized physical examination
- New and expanded content helps students improve their skills: more practice exercises for self-assessment, information on cultural issues, grammar tips and practice, complex clinical scenarios, and how to best use interpreters in clinical practice
- Pocket size allows for quick reference in an easily accessible, time-saving format
- Students can watch videos of real-time physician-patient exchanges (with English and Spanish subtitles), complete interactive practice exercises, and learn from clinical vignettes – all online at studentconsult.com
- eBook version included! Students can access the entire book online or offline across all devices with the Student Consult eBook
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Contents

1. Basics of Conversational Spanish
2. Setting the Stage for the Clinical Encounter
3. History of the Present Illness
4. Past Medical History and Review of Systems
5. Medications and Drug Effects
6. Family History
7. Social and Sexual History
8. Mental Health and Cognition
9. Preventive Health and Nutrition
10. Pediatrics
11. Physical Examination
12. Procedures and Informed Consent
13. Impression and Plan
14. Knowing your Limitations: When and How to Use a Medical Interpreter
Authors

Pilar Ortega, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medical Education, Hispanic Center of Excellence in Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Chicago, Illinois, USA
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