An Introduction To Spanish For Health Care Workers: Communication And Culture

An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers This page intentionally left blank An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers Communication and Culture THIRD EDITION Robert O. Chase Clarisa B. Medina de Chase YA L E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S N E W H AV E N & L O N D O N Disclaimer: Some images in the printed version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. Copyright © 2010 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Publisher: Mary Jane Peluso Editorial Assistant: Elise Panza Project Editor: Timothy Shea Production Editor: Ann-Marie Imbornoni Production Controller: Karen Stickler Designed by James J. Johnson and set by Integrated Publishing Solutions. Printed in the United States of America. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/ NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chase, Robert O. 1955– An introduction to Spanish for health care workers : communication and culture / Robert O. Chase [and] Clarisa B. Medina de Chase. — 3rd ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-300-12426-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Spanish language—Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel) 2. Spanish language—Textbooks for foreign speakers— English. I. Medina de Chase, Clarisa B., 1963– II. Title. PC4120.M3C43 2008 468.3⬘42102461—dc22 2008026314 TO George Otis Chase AND Allyn Louise Spencer Chase For love, goodness, and sacrifice; For promises kept; for love fulfilled. This page intentionally left blank Contents Scope and Sequence Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 «Buenos días, soy el doctor» «¿Cómo está usted?» «¿Qué le pasa?» El recepcionista La familia La farmacia La nutrición y las dietas El examen físico «¿Qué pasó?» Padecimientos e historia médica Internamientos, odontología y la salud mental Maternidad y el sexo más seguro Appendix 1: El abecedario (The Spanish Alphabet) Appendix 2: A Guide to Some Irregular and Stem-Changing Verbs English to Spanish Glossary Spanish to English Glossary Answer Key to Ejercicios Illustration Credits Index viii xxi xxv xxvii 1 29 51 77 99 125 155 179 203 229 259 287 309 310 317 333 349 363 365 Scope and Sequence Chapter 1 «Buenos días, soy el doctor» Communication Goals Greet Your Patient and Introduce Yourself 3 Vocabulary Greetings and Farewells 3 Professions 7 Ask Your Patient’s Name 16 Countries and Ethnicities 15 Describe People 21 Personal Characteristics 21 2 «¿Cómo está usted?» Ask How Your Patient Is Feeling 31 Feelings 32 Where Is It? 36 Ask Where People and Places Are Located 34 Test a Patient’s Orientation 42 Days of the Week 37 Specialties 43 ix Scope and Sequence Structure Subject Pronouns and the Verb Ser 5 Video Program Cultural Note Trama: «Buenos días, soy el doctor Vargas» 18