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English in medicine : a course in communication skills / Eric H. Glendinning, Beverly A. S. Holmstrm̲

By: Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge professional EnglishCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005Edition: Third editionDescription: v, 150 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521606660
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE1127 GLE 2005
Contents:
Thanks vi To the teacher 1 (1) To the student 2 (3) Taking a history 1 Asking basic questions 5 (4) Taking notes 9 (4) Reading skills: Scanning a case history 13 (1) Case history: William Hudson 14 (1) Taking a history 2 Asking about systems 15 (2) Asking about symptoms 17 (7) Reading skills: Noting information from a textbook 24 (2) Case history: William Hudson 26 (2) Examining a patient Giving instructions 28 (4) Understanding forms 32 (2) Reading skills: Using a pharmacology reference 34 (2) Case history: William Hudson 36 (2) Special examinations Instructing, explaining and reassuring 38 (4) Rephrasing, encouraging and prompting 42 (3) Reading skills: Reading articles 1 45 (4) Case history: William Hudson 49 (1) Investigations Explaining and discussing investigations 50 (6) Using medical documents 56 (5) Reading skills: Reading articles 2 61 (2) Case history: William Hudson 63 (2) Making a diagnosis Discussing a diagnosis 65 (3) Explaining a diagnosis 68 (3) Reading skills: Reading articles 3 71 (4) Case history: William Hudson 75 (1) Treatment Medical treatment 76 (4) Physiotherapy 80 (2) Surgical treatment 82 (4) Reading skills: Using an online database 86 (6) Tapescript 92 (13) Key 105 (26) Appendix 1 Language functions 131 (4) Appendix 2 Common medical abbreviations 135 (7) Appendix 3 Who's who in the British hospital system 142 (1) Appendix 4 A broad equivalence of positions in the NHS and US hospital systems 143 (1) Appendix 5 Useful addresses 144 (3) Supplementary activities 147 (3) Acknowledgements 150
Summary: Presents a guide introducing foreign students to English terminology and jargon used in the medical profession
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Thanks vi
To the teacher 1 (1)
To the student 2 (3)
Taking a history 1
Asking basic questions
5 (4)
Taking notes
9 (4)
Reading skills: Scanning a case history
13 (1)
Case history: William Hudson
14 (1)
Taking a history 2
Asking about systems
15 (2)
Asking about symptoms
17 (7)
Reading skills: Noting information from a textbook
24 (2)
Case history: William Hudson
26 (2)
Examining a patient
Giving instructions
28 (4)
Understanding forms
32 (2)
Reading skills: Using a pharmacology reference
34 (2)
Case history: William Hudson
36 (2)
Special examinations
Instructing, explaining and reassuring
38 (4)
Rephrasing, encouraging and prompting
42 (3)
Reading skills: Reading articles 1
45 (4)
Case history: William Hudson
49 (1)
Investigations
Explaining and discussing investigations
50 (6)
Using medical documents
56 (5)
Reading skills: Reading articles 2
61 (2)
Case history: William Hudson
63 (2)
Making a diagnosis
Discussing a diagnosis
65 (3)
Explaining a diagnosis
68 (3)
Reading skills: Reading articles 3
71 (4)
Case history: William Hudson
75 (1)
Treatment
Medical treatment
76 (4)
Physiotherapy
80 (2)
Surgical treatment
82 (4)
Reading skills: Using an online database
86 (6)
Tapescript 92 (13)
Key 105 (26)
Appendix 1 Language functions 131 (4)
Appendix 2 Common medical abbreviations 135 (7)
Appendix 3 Who's who in the British hospital system 142 (1)
Appendix 4 A broad equivalence of positions in the NHS and US hospital systems 143 (1)
Appendix 5 Useful addresses 144 (3)
Supplementary activities 147 (3)
Acknowledgements 150

Presents a guide introducing foreign students to English terminology and jargon used in the medical profession

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