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With the rapid growth of the Spanish-speaking people worldwide, this comprehensive communicator has become an indispensable resource for healthcare students and professionals everywhere. The Third Edition has been designed to give easier and faster access to over 20,000 comprehensive medical terms, technology-related medical terms, and medical abbreviations, plus definitions, translations, tips on pronunciation, signs and symptoms of common disorders, practical phrases used in daily communication with patients, and much more.

The content has been fully updated by adding new phrases ranging across the specialties of cardiology, immunology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, and neonatology--all fields noted for their new technical and procedural developments.

You'll also find these features and highlights--

A NEW Anatomy Atlas features both English and Spanish labels. A-Z lets you locate any term quickly. Consent, Authorization, and Release forms to obtain easier communication with patients when research projects or procedures are done. Valuable Appendices include additional phrases focusing on HIV, AIDS, neonatology, and bioterrorism. Updated design and organization improves overall readability and ease-of-use. Verb tables And many more beneficial items

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• Foreword(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xiv)
• How to Use the Dictionary(p. xv)
• Abbreviations(p. xxi)
• Medical Abbreviations(p. xxiii)
• Conversion Tables(p. xlviii)
• Spanish Sounds(p. lxvi)
• English Sounds(p. lxxi)
• Cognates(p. lxxv)
• Simplified Spanish Grammar(p. 1)
• Spanish-English Glossary(p. 37)
• Simplified English Grammar(p. 287)
• English-Spanish Glossary(p. 309)
• Appendix A
• Guide to Questions and Answers(p. 599)
• Questioning the Patient(p. 602)
• Personal Data(p. 603)
• Financial Facts(p. 604)
• At the Doctor's Office(p. 605)
• Chief Complaint(p. 608)
• Medical History(p. 610)
• Review of Systems(p. 615)
• Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat(p. 615)
• Cardiopulmonary System(p. 617)
• Gastrointestinal System(p. 619)
• Musculoskeletal System(p. 621)
• Neurological System(p. 622)
• Skin(p. 623)
• Genitourinary System(p. 624)
• Urinary System(p. 626)
• Labor and Delivery(p. 627)
• The Newborn(p. 628)
• Medications(p. 634)
• Types of Medications(p. 634)
• How to Take or Administer Medicines(p. 636)
• Warnings about Dependency on Medications(p. 637)
• Interactions and Possible Reactions(p. 638)
• Dosage, Manipulation and Use(p. 639)
• Drug Abuse(p. 642)
• Drug Classification(p. 642)
• Symptoms Related to Drug Abuse(p. 643)
• Emergencies and First Aid Services(p. 645)
• Ambulance and Emergency Room(p. 646)
• Hospitalization(p. 649)
• Surgery(p. 650)
• Anesthesia(p. 651)
• Trauma and Emergency Problems(p. 654)
• Foreign Bodies Penetrating the Body(p. 654)
• Airway Foreign Bodies(p. 655)
• Substances Causing Toxic Effects(p. 655)
• Intoxication-Poisoning(p. 656)
• Burns(p. 657)
• Chest Pain(p. 658)
• Loss of Consciousness(p. 658)
• Eye Emergencies(p. 659)
• Other Emergencies(p. 659)
• Appendix B
• Signs and Symptoms in Most Common Disorders and Diseases(p. 663)
• Vital Signs(p. 676)
• Warning Signs of a Heart Attack(p. 677)
• Stroke Warning Signals(p. 678)
• Medical Tests(p. 679)
• Cardiovascular Tests(p. 679)
• Work-ups(p. 681)
• Respiratory Tests and Studies(p. 682)
• Reflex Tests(p. 682)
• Other Tests for Specific Problems(p. 684)
• X-ray and Laboratory Examination(p. 685)
• Diagnostic Tests and Studies(p. 688)
• CAT Scan(p. 694)
• MRI(p. 695)
• Surgical Procedures(p. 697)
• Appendix C
• Alzheimer Disease(p. 703)
• Etiology of Common Diseases(p. 705)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)(p. 708)
• HIV and AIDS(p. 710)
• Questions and Answers on HIV and AIDS(p. 710)
• Questions Commonly Asked about HIV(p. 713)
• Protection Against Infection(p. 714)
• Question about Testing for HIV and AIDS(p. 715)
• Treatment and Therapy of HIV(p. 716)
• Observations Related to HIV and AIDS(p. 717)
• Bioterrorism(p. 719)
• HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)(p. 727)
• Consent and Authorization Forms(p. 728)
• The Rights of the Patient(p. 738)
• Living Will(p. 740)
• Muscles and Actions(p. 743)
• Physical Fitness(p. 745)
• Nutrition(p. 748)
• Food Distribution(p. 750)
• Vitamins and Minerals-Sources(p. 751)
• Methods of Food Preparation(p. 753)
• Food Additives(p. 754)
• Nutrition Vocabulary: Foods(p. 754)
• Therapeutic Diets(p. 758)
• Appendix D
• Idiomatic Expressions and Useful Phrases(p. 763)
• Medical Phrases(p. 768)
• Phrases Related to Health Insurance Policy Claims(p. 776)
• Regular Verbs(p. 777)
• Irregular Verbs(p. 780)
• Appendix E
• Weights and Measures(p. 787)
• Cardinal Numerals(p. 789)
• Ordinal Numerals(p. 790)
• Fractions(p. 791)
• Temperature(p. 791)
• Time(p. 792)
• Days of the Week(p. 792)
• Seasons and Months of the Year(p. 792)
• Time of Day(p. 793)
• Expressions of Time(p. 794)
• Timing Tests and Medications(p. 794)
• Stages of Life(p. 795)

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CHOICE Review

In an area where there are few resources, this helpful book covers approximately 20,000 terms with diagrams and tables. This third edition contains a pronunciation and grammar guide, translations and samples of typical consent forms, information on patients' rights and living wills, and a useful color anatomy atlas with English and Spanish labeling. Other valuable books in this area are any of the editions of Say It in Spanish: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (1996), by Esperanza Villanueva Joyce and Maria Elena Villanueva; Spanish for Health Care Professionals (1994) by William C. Harvey; and English-Spanish, Spanish-English Medical Dictionary (1992) by Glenn T. Rogers. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All libraries with health or medical programs; all levels. L. Windsor Ohio University