Introduction to Healthcare for Spanish-speaking Interpreters and Translators

Name: Introduction to Healthcare for Spanish-speaking Interpreters and Translators
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Ineke H.M. Crezee Holly Mikkelson Laura Monzon-Storey(Author)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Published on 23. April 2015

XXVIII, 388 pages

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Intro
Introduction to Healthcare for Spanish-speaking Interpreters and Translators
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Table of illustrations
List of tables
Authors' notes
Notes re format of Spanish-English glossaries:
Disclaimer
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Foreword to this edition
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. Culture broker
6. Interpreter 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 behavior
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 culture broker
Healthcare Insurance
1. What is healthcare insurance?
2. Access to coverage
3. Commercial insurance plans
4. Government programs
5. Exclusions to coverage and special plans
6. Billing
7. Healthcare legislation
8. Glossary of insurance terms
PART II. Interpreting in healthcare settings
Primary care physicians
1. Primary care providers
2. History taking
3. Pain
4. New patients
5. Physical examination
6. Tests or diagnostic studies
7. Immunization schedule
8. Health education
9. Referrals
10. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Specialty clinics
1. Specialty clinics
2. Staff at specialty clinics
3. Procedure at specialty clinics
4. Some notes for interpreters and translators
Hospitals
1. The isolation of the sick
2. The biomedical 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 - emergency and scheduled
12. Admission process
13. Most important rooms (from the patient's perspective)
14. Discharge
15. Rehabilition
16. Health professionals
17. Physical therapy
18. Occupational therapy
19. Some notes for interpreters and translators
20. Spanish-English glossary
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 Trauma
4.3 Surgical problems
Informed consent
1. Issues which might arise for interpreters during the informed consent process
Pre-operative and post-operative procedures
1. Pre- and post-operative procedures
2. English-Spanish glossary
Intensive Care
1. Staff
2. Some notes for interpreters and translators
3. English-Spanish glossary
Obstetrics
1. Prenatal care
2. Follow-up visits
3. Term of pregnancy
4. Labor and childbirth
5. Common terminology
6. Postnatal checks
7. Postnatal care
8. English-Spanish glossary
Child health
1. Neonatal Care
1.1 Levels of Care
1.2 Asphyxia
1.3 Premature delivery
1.4 Problems of prematurity
1.5 Admission process
1.6 Some common diagnostic tests
2. Pediatrics
2.1 Child health professionals
2.2 Immunization
2.3 Possible childhood health problems
3. English-Spanish glossary
Speech-Language Therapy
1. Common terminology
2. Communication disorders
3. Assessment
4. Therapy
5. Some notes for interpreters and translators
6. English-Spanish glossary
Mental health
1. Terms with Latin and Greek roots
2. Briefing and debriefing
3. Behaviors and their implications for the interpreter
4. Mental health professionals practicing in the US include:
5. Some common therapeutic approaches
6. Common reasons for counseling
7. Some commonly used pharmaceutical drugs
8. Mental illness
9. Some mental health disorders
10. English-Spanish glossary
Oncology
1. [Cancer]
2. Diagnosis
3. Typing and staging
4. Treatment
5. Common forms of cancer
6. Some notes for interpreters and translators
7. English-Spanish glossary
PART III. Healthcare specialties
Neurology
1. Terms with 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 medications
7. Some common tests
8. English-Spanish glossary
Cardiology
1. Terms with 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 medications
8. Some common tests
9. English-Spanish glossary
Pulmonology
1. Terms with 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 medications
8. Some common diagnostic tests
9. English-Spanish glossary
Hematology
1. Blood
1.1 Terms with 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 medications
1.7 Some common diagnostic tests
2. Blood vessels
2.1 Terms with Latin and Greek roots
2.2 Anatomy of blood vessels
2.3 A word about cholesterol
2.4 Disorders of the blood vessels
3. English-Spanish glossary
Orthopedics
1. Terms with 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
6. English-Spanish glossary
Muscles and the motor system
1. Terms with Latin and Greek roots
2. General terminology in relation to muscles
3. Anatomy of the muscles
4. Function of the muscles
5. Health professionals
6. Disorders of the motor system
7. Disorders of the muscles
8. Common treatment methods for muscle injuries
9. English-Spanish glossary
The sensory system
1. Latin and Greek roots
2. The eye
3. Anatomy of the eye
4. Different parts of the eye
5. Health professionals
6. Disorders of the eye
7. The ears
8. Anatomy of the ear
9. Health professionals
10. Conditions of the ear and balance organ
11. Medications(for eyes and ears)
12. Touch
13. Disorders of touch
14. English-Spanish glossary
Immunology
1. Term with Latin and Greek roots
2. Anatomy of the immune and lymphatic systems
3. Lymphatic organs
4. Function of the immune and lymphatic systems
5. Health professionals
6. Disorders of the immune and lymphatic systems
7. English-Spanish glossary
Endocrinology
1. Terms with 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. Adrenal glands
9. Pancreas
10. The glycemic index (GI)
11. English-Spanish glossary:
Gastroenterology
1. Terms with 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 medications
7. Some common diagnostic tests
8. Additional comments
9. English-Spanish glossary
Urology and nephrology
1. Terms with 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 medications
9. English-Spanish glossary
Urology and gynecology
the reproductive systems
1. Terms with Latin and Greek roots
2. 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 Terms with Latin and Greek roots
4.2 Health professionals
4.3 Complications of pregnancy
4.4 Some common diagnostic tests
5. Sexual Health
5.1 Most common STDs
6. English-Spanish glossary
Appendix
References
Suggested further readings for Parts II and III
Useful websites
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