TY  - GEN
AU  - Glendinning, Eric H.
AU  - Holmstrom, Beverly A. S. 
TI  - English in medicine : : a course in communication skills 
SN  - 9780521606660
AV  - PE1127 GLE 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Communication
KW  - Communication in medicine
KW  - Communication in medicine Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Conversation and phrase books for Medical personnel
KW  - Englisch Englisch, ..
KW  - English language
KW  - English language Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel)
KW  -  English language Medical English
KW  - English language Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Medicine Language
KW  -  Phrases
KW  - Problems and exercises
KW  - Readers Medicine
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
N1  - Conversation and phrase books for Medical personnel; 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	

N2  - Presents a guide introducing foreign students to English terminology and jargon used in the medical profession
ER  -