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Dictionaries / Terminology
The Healthcare Interpreter
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A Textbook for Advanced Medical Interpreting
Reiss-Koncar, Suzanna
ISBN 13:
9781733249157
ISBN 10:
173324915X
Category:
Dictionaries / Terminology
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Cross-Cultural Communications
Copyright:
2022
Format:
Paperback
Status:
Active
Imprint:
Culture & Language Press
Pages:
378
Weight:
2.37
Retail Price:
80.00
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0
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0
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Synopsis:
Develop your skills as a medical interpreter. This textbook will challenge and inform practitioners. It includes complex role plays that address many medical specialties; exercises related to ethics, skills and decision-making; graphics with medical terminology lists; and a Spanish-English medical terminology glossary. The author, Suzanna Reiss-Koncar, is a certified healthcare interpreter (CHI) and worked as a hospital staff interpreter in San Francisco for more than a decade. The book is designed both for self-study and for teaching interpreters of any language pair. Each role play includes a version in Spanish and English as well as an English- only version for interpreters of other language pairs. Above all, here is a book with a heart. Interpreters who face hard decisions will value the guidance and illumination offered by a veteran in the field who writes with passion and compassion. Content The book is composed of eleven chapters and four appendices. Each chapter addresses a specific medical specialty or service. Chapter topics Anesthesia Pediatric endocrinology HIV/AIDS Obstetrics Adult endocrinology Neurology Urology Gynecology Rheumatology Pharmacology and referrals Genetics counseling This book was previously issued by Culture & Language Press under the title "Healthcare Interpreting with Heart and Mind."