English for Medical Purposes: Doctors - Softcover

Allum, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471678628 ISBN 13: 9781471678622

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2012

Synopsis

'English for Medical Purposes: Doctors' is a communication-focussed course book for private study or use in the classroom. The book presents authentic scenarios between doctor and patient which allow for practice of the sort of conversations doctors are likely to have in the hospital environment. Topics covered include naming parts of the body, introducing yourself to a patient, starting the patient interview, talking to a patient about the current complaint, discussing vital signs, examining a patient, talking about pain level, talking about tests, discussing a diagnosis, discussing surgery options, talking about wounds,allergies and infections and discussing treatment with a patient.

About this title

About the Author

Virginia Allum is the co-author of both 'Cambridge English for Nursing' books and author of several medical English books for doctors, nurses and nursing assistants. She has worked as a Nurse Educator and lecturer in Nursing as well as being a teacher of ESOL and medical English. She is currently authoring on-line courses in medical English and writes a regular English for Nursing article for a French Nurses' magazine. She is also a practising RN in England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1471678628
• ISBN 13: 9781471678622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266