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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816626903321

Autore

Ribes Ramon

Titolo

Primary care English / / Ramon Ribes, I. Garcia-Gimeno, R. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 2008

ISBN

1-281-14067-8

9786611140670

3-540-49618-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Garcia-GimenoIsabel

JonesRoger, Prof

Disciplina

428.24024616

616.8

Soggetti

English language

English language - Medical English

Primary care (Medicine)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Unit I -- to Primary Care English -- Unit II -- Grammar in Use -- Unit III -- Scientific Literature -- Unit IV -- Courses and Talks -- Unit V -- Latin and Greek Terminology -- Unit VI -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Unit VII -- The Language of Principles and Concepts in Primary Care -- Unit VIII -- The Language of Clinical General Practice -- Unit IX -- The Language of Clinical Areas -- Unit X -- Applying for a Job in General Practice -- Unit XI -- Conversation Survival Guide.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is for those family doctors and any other health care professionals involved in Primary Care around the world who really want to make useful progress in their medical English, in order to be able to read and write articles, participate in international courses and meetings, read textbooks in their original English language and visit or work in an English speaking country to enrich their professional experience. If you are one of them, then this is the book you have been looking forward to. Here, theory and practice are carefully linked for optimal learning. This book has been written for you by doctors who understand your needs and who aim to help you get the most out of your learning experience, without wasting your valuable time. You will



be able to learn just what you need and (almost) all you need to feel confident understanding and communicating in English within your speciality. Its revolutionary combination of formal teaching and conversational style, together with the selection of contents specific to Primary Care, will provide you with a unique platform to jump to a more advanced level with surprisingly little effort.