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An Introduction to Spanish for Health Care Workers
Communication and Culture
Third Edition
Robert O. Chase and Clarisa B. Medina de Chase
Links of Interest by Chapter
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General Links
Consult the official Spanish to Spanish dictionary of the Real Academia Española.
Dicciomed is an excellent Spanish to Spanish medical dictionary.
Disease Risk Index. This tool contains interviews to determine an individual’s risk of various diseases. The questions in the tools can constitute helpful questions in a decision-tree diagnostic interview.
Diario medico. This is a newspaper from Madrid and covers news and advances in medicine.
Saludalia. This is a newspaper with interactive articles about medical themes.
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Chapter 1
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA): This page on their site lists and explains medical specialties in Spanish.
Office of Minority Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services: Browse the cultural competency section, which is available in English and Spanish.
Diversity Rx provides information about cross-cultural healthcare.
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Chapter 2
Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan: You can view a floor plan of the public pediatric hospital Buenos Aires, Argentina, and discuss where departments are located.
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Chapter 3
El Cuerpo Virtual provides views of parts of the body, and will help in a class discussion of anatomical terms in Spanish.
Government of the Canary Islands has provided this excellent map of the body with labels including the heart, muscles, sensory organs, and the bones of the head and face.
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Chapter 4
Telexplorer: This telephone directory will let you seek businesses and individuals in several Spanish-speaking countries. Invent a game for practicing telephone numbers.
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Chapter 5
Mansfield Dental Associates: This is an actual dental office intake form in PDF that can be used to practice patient admissions interviews and history-taking in the classroom.
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Chapter 6
Farmacia Rex: See what products are sold at the Farmacía Rex in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hospital La Fe in Valencia, Spain, provides animated educational information about allergies and childhood asthma.
Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, offers information about herbs and supplements.
These tips for healthy living in Spanish from the Centers for Disease Control feature the formal (usted) commands that you learn in chapter 6
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Chapter 7
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a good place to start for dietary articles in Spanish. Here is a link to healthy diet questions -- in Spanish -- in the women's health area of the Web site.
The United States Department of Agriculture has a Spanish area, where you'll fine the newest pyramid.
Kraft Foods Spanish site has some recipes in Spanish. ¡Qué rico!
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Chapter 8
Escuela de Medicina Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile is an interesting site to explore.
There you'll find pages like the following page that explains the physical portion of a neck examination.
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Chapter 9
Profesor Barbara Kuczun Nelson of Colby College in Waterville, Maine is famous for this excellent site that provides grammar practice exercises. The page "Un viaje al Ecuador" will help you practice the preterit and imperfect modes of the past tense.
University of Maryland Medical Center has articles about alcoholism.
Visit the Mexican branch of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Chapter 10
Medline Plus: Look up illnesses and treatments at the author's favorite resources Web site for medical information for lay persons.
Look up illnesses by systems at this program sponsored by the Universidad de Burgos.
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Chapter 11
The American Heart Association Web site has an interesting Spanish area..
La Sociedad Andaluza de Medicina Intensiva, Urgencias y Coronarias in Spain provides articles about intensive, emergency, and coronary care.
Clínica Dental Velásquez in Madrid, Spain has a section on dental implants.
Eurodental in Barcelona, Spain has described its dental clinic on its Web site.
Here are descriptions of dental procedures from the Universidad de Burgos.
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Chapter 12
Gineweb.com provides educational information in Spanish about gynecological matters.
Embarazada.com contains a question-and-answer blog and other information about reproductive health. In the section herramientas y calculadoras you’ll find an online calculator for ovulation and anticipated date of delivery.
La Leche League International provides a Spanish-language site with resources and information that promote breastfeeding.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Here are great tips for a healthy pregnancy, including an ovulation calculator.
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