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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460619903321

Autore

Crezee Ineke

Titolo

Introduction to healthcare for Spanish-speaking interpreters and translators / / Ineke H. M. Crezee, Auckland University of Technology, Holly Mikkelson, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Laura Monzon-Storey, Auckland University of Technology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-272-6865-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

610.1/4

Soggetti

Medicine

Translating and interpreting

Health facilities - Translating services

Spanish language - Translating into English

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Healthcare for Spanish-speaking Interpreters and Translators; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Table of illustrations; List of tables; Authors' notes; Notes re format of Spanish-English glossaries:; Disclaimer; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Foreword to this edition; PART I. Interpreting; Introduction; 1. How to use this book; 2. Development of the interpreting profession; 3. The demand for interpreters around the world; 4. Health interpreting studies; 5. Teaching healthcare interpreting; Interpreting in healthcare settings; 1. Interpreting in healthcare settings

2. Different healthcare systems3. Accuracy; 4. Understanding common responses to bad news; 5. Culture broker; 6. Interpreter codes of ethics; 7. Duty of care; 8. Triangle of communication; 9. Note-taking; 10. Terminology; A word about culture; 1. Culture; 2. Cultural influence on spoken communication; 3. Implications for interpreting; 4. Culture and health; 5. Cultural beliefs pertaining to health and their



implications for the interpreter; 5.1 Sickness and disease (or medical condition); 5.2 Patient behavior; 5.3 Cultural attitudes towards pain; 5.4 Causes of sickness

5.5 Diets in sickness and health5.6 The role of the interpreter as a culture broker; Healthcare Insurance; 1. What is healthcare insurance?; 2. Access to coverage; 3. Commercial insurance plans; 4. Government programs; 5. Exclusions to coverage and special plans; 6. Billing; 7. Healthcare legislation; 8. Glossary of insurance terms; PART II. Interpreting in healthcare settings; Primary care physicians; 1. Primary care providers; 2. History taking; 3. Pain; 4. New patients; 5. Physical examination; 6. Tests or diagnostic studies; 7. Immunization schedule; 8. Health education; 9. Referrals

10. Some notes for interpreters and translatorsSpecialty clinics; 1. Specialty clinics; 2. Staff at specialty clinics; 3. Procedure at specialty clinics; 4. Some notes for interpreters and translators; Hospitals; 1. The isolation of the sick; 2. The biomedical approach; 3. The patient-oriented approach; 4. Hospital staff; 5. Nursing staff; 6. Medical staff; 7. Specialists; 8. Other hospital staff; 9. Other healthcare staff; 10. Hospital procedures; 11. Admissions; 11.1 Types - emergency and scheduled; 12. Admission process; 13. Most important rooms (from the patient's perspective)

14. Discharge15. Rehabilitation; 16. Health professionals; 17. Physical therapy; 18. Occupational therapy; 19. Some notes for interpreters and translators; 20. Spanish-English glossary; Emergency Departments or ERs; 1. Emergency Department staff; 2. Emergency Department areas; 3. Emergency Department admission; 4. Some common reasons for admission to ED; 4.1 Common medical problems; 4.2 Trauma; 4.3 Surgical problems; Informed consent; 1. Issues which might arise for interpreters during the informed consent process; Pre-operative and post-operative procedures

1. Pre- and post-operative procedures



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450451103321

Titolo

GIS and health / / editors, Anthony G. Gatrell and Markku Löytönen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, Pa. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1998

ISBN

0-429-08157-X

0-203-21281-9

1-280-03162-X

1-4822-7309-8

9786610031627

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

GISDATA ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

GatrellAnthony C

LöytönenMarkku

Disciplina

614.4/2

Soggetti

Medical geography

Geographic information systems

Medical statistics - Data processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Editors' Preface; Notes on Editors; Contributors; European Science Foundation; Methodological Issues; GIS and Health Research: An Introduction; GIS as an Enabling Technology; Spatial Statistics and the Analysis of Health Data; Statistical Methods for Spatial Epidemiology: Tests for Randomness; Improving the Geographic Basis of Health Surveillance using GIS; Modelling Spatial Variations in Air Quality using GIS; GIS, Time Geography and Health; Applications; GIS Applications for Environment and Health in Italy

A Multipurpose, Interactive Mortality Atlas of ItalyBayesian Analysis of Emerging Neoplasms in Spain; The Development of an Epidemiological Spatial Information System in the Region of Western Pomerania, Germany; Problems and Possibilities in the Use of Cancer Data by GIS; Experience in Finland; GIS in Public Health; Improving Health Needs Assessment using Patient Register Information in a GIS; Conclusions;



Index

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of appropriate methodologies for spatial analysis and spatial statistics in analyzing health data. The book explores the links with GIS and the problems associated with such analyses, and the statistical and cartographic methods for