Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators

Name: Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Ineke H.M. Crezee(Author)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Published on 25. September 2013

XXVI, 338 pages

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Intro
Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
Author's notes
Disclaimer
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Part I. Interpreting
Introduction
1. How to use this book
2. Development of the interpreting profession
3. The demand for interpreters around the world
4. Health interpreting studies
5. Teaching healthcare interpreting
Interpreting in healthcare settings
1. Interpreting in healthcare settings
2. Different healthcare systems
3. Accuracy
4. Understanding common responses to bad news
5. Cultural liaison
6. Interpreters' Codes of Ethics
7. Duty of Care
8. Triangle of communication
9. Note-taking
10. Terminology
A word about culture
1. Culture
2. Cultural influence on spoken communication
3. Implications for interpreting
4. Culture and health
5. Cultural beliefs pertaining to health and their implications for the interpreter
5.1 Sickness and disease (or medical condition)
5.2 Patient behaviour
5.3 Cultural attitudes towards pain
5.4 Causes of sickness
5.5 Diets in sickness and health
5.6 The role of the interpreter as a Cultural Liaison
Medical terminology
1. History of medical terminology in the Western world
2. Spelling and pronunciation
3. Latin and Greek elements in medical terms
4. Common combinations
4.1 Common word roots
4.2 Common procedure nouns and verbs
5. Common prefixes
6. Suffixes
Part II. Interpreting in healthcare settings
Primary physicians and General Practitioners
1. Primary care providers
2. History taking
3. Pain
4. New patients
5. Physical examination
6. Tests
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8. Health education
9. Referrals
10. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Outpatient Clinics and specialist clinics
1. Outpatient clinics
2. Staff at the outpatients or specialist clinics
3. Procedure at outpatients clinics or specialist clinics
4. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Hospitals
1. The isolation of the sick
2. The medico-scientific approach
3. The patient-oriented approach
4. Hospital staff
5. Nursing staff
6. Medical staff
7. Specialists
8. Other hospital staff
9. Other healthcare staff
10. Hospital procedures
11. Admissions
11.1 Types - acute and booked
12 Admission process
13. Most important rooms (from the patient's perspective)
14. Discharge
16. Rehabilition
17. Health professionals
18. Physical therapy
19. Occupational therapy
20. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Emergency Departments or ERs
1. Emergency Department staff
2. Emergency Department areas
3. Emergency Department admission
4. Some common reasons for admission to ED
4.1 Common medical problems
4.2 Accidents
4.3 Surgical Problems
Informed consent
1. Issues which might arise for interpreters during the Informed Consent process
Pre-operative and post-operative procedures
Intensive Care
1. Staff
2. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Obstetrics
1. Antenatal care
2. Follow-up visits
3. Term of pregnancy
4. Labor and childbirth
5. Common terminology
6. Postnatal care
7. Postnatal checks
Child health
1. Neonatal Care
1.1 Neonate care
1.2 Asphyxia
1.3 Premature delivery
1.4 Problems of prematurity
1.5 Admission process
1.6 Some common investigations
2. Pediatrics
2.1 Child health professionals
2.2 Immunization
2.3 Common childhood health problems
Speech Language Therapy
1. Common terminology
2. Communication disorders
3. Assessment
4. Therapy
5. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Mental health
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Briefing and debriefing
3. Behaviors and their implications for the interpreter
4. Some mental health professionals
5. Some common therapeutic approaches
6. Common reasons for counseling
7. Some commonly used pharmaceutical drugs
8. Mental illness
9. Some mental health disorders
Oncology
1. Cancer
2. Investigations
3. Diagnosis - typing and staging
4. Treatment
5. Common forms of cancer
6. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Part III. Healthcare specialties
Neurology
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy of the CNS
2.1 The brain
2.2 The spinal cord
3. Function of the CNS
4. Health professionals
5. Disorders of the nervous system
6. Some common drugs
7. Some common investigations
Cardiology
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy of the heart
3. Function of the heart
4. Health professionals
5. Disorders of the heart
6. Some common disorders of the heart
7. Some common drugs
8. Some common investigations
The respiratory system
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Other important terms
3. Anatomy of the respiratory system
4. Function of the respiratory system
5. Health professionals
6. Disorders of the respiratory system
7. Some common drugs
8. Some common investigations
Hematology
1. Blood
1.1 Latin and Greek roots
1.2 Anatomy of blood
1.3 Function of blood
1.4 Health professionals
1.5 Disorders of the blood
1.6 Some common drugs
1.7 Some common investigations
2. Blood vessels
2.1 Latin and Greek roots
2.2 Anatomy of blood vessels
2.3 A word about cholesterol
2.4 Disorders of the blood vessels
Orthopedics
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy of the skeletal system
2.1 Head
2.2 Torso
2.3 Arms
2.4 Legs
3. Function of the bones
4. Health professionals
5. Disorders of the bones and joints
The sensory system
1. The eye
2. Anatomy of the eye
3. Different parts of the eye
4. Latin and Greek roots
5. Health professionals
6. Disorders of the eye
7. The ears
8. Anatomy of the ear
9. Health professionals
10. Disorders of the ear and balance organ
11. Drugs (for eyes and ears)
12. Touch
13. Disorders of touch
The immune and lymphatic system
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy of the immune and lymphatic system
3. Lymphatic organs
4. Function of the immune and lymphatic system
5. Health professionals
6. Disorders of the immune and lymphatic system
The endocrine system
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Overview of the endocrine system
3. Health professionals
4. Disorders of the endocrine system
5. Pituitary Gland
6. Thyroid gland
7. Parathyroid gland
8. Adrenals or adrenal glands
9. Pancreas
10. The Glycemic index (GI)
The digestive dystem
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy and function of the digestive system
3. Peritoneum
4. Health professionals
5. Disorders of the digestive system
6. Some common drugs
7. Some common investigations
8. Additional comments
Urology and nephrology
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy of the urinary system
3. The kidneys
4. The urinary tract
5. Function of the urinary system
6. Health professionals
7. Disorders of the urinary system
8. Some common drugs
The reproductive system
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. Section 1: Male and female reproductive systems
2.1 Anatomy of the male reproductive system
2.2 Disorders of the male reproductive system
2.3 Health professionals
2.4 Anatomy of the female reproductive system
2.5 Health professionals
2.6 Disorders of the female reproductive system
3. Fertility and infertility
3.1 Infertility
3.2 Men
3.3 Women
3.4 Artificial reproduction
3.5 Contraception
4. Pregnancy
4.1 Latin and Greek roots
4.2 Health professionals
4.3 Complications of pregnancy
4.4 Some common investigations
5. Sexual Health
5.1 Most common STIs
Appendix
References
Index

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