McGraw-Hill's Medical Translation Visual Phrasebook PB - Paperback

by Neil Bobenhouse (Author)

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Communicate with your non-English speaking patients even when no translator is available--you just have to flip pages and point!

McGraw-Hill's Medical Translation Visual Phrasebook provides you with the tools you need to communicate in the 20 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S.--with no foreign language knowledge required. The cards feature close-ended questions that are designed so that non-English speaking patients can respond with a simple head nod, a "yes" or "no" response, or by pointing to a simple diagram. Each assessment fits on one page, so you don't have to flip back and forth for what you need. This unique product is the only multi-lingual pocket medical reference of its kind--and the only one you'll need when a critical situation arises.
- Conveniently sized, easy-to-use product features spiral binding and close-ended questions for quick and easy communication
- No prior foreign language knowledge needed to communicate basic medical information in 20 different languages
- Includes Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese

Author Biography

Neil Bobenhouse is a paramedic for the St. Louis City Fire Department. He received his Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration from the St. Louis University School of Public Health in 2009.