Introduction to healthcare for Japanese-speaking interpreters and translators / Ineke H.M. Crezee, Teruko Asano ; with illustrations by Jenny Jiang ; with contributions by Shinobu Hattori, Michelle Henault Morrone, Haruka Murai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crezee, Ineke, author.

Asano, Teruko, author.

Contributor:

Jiang, Jenny, illustrator.

Hattori, Shinobu, contributor.

Morrone, Michelle Henault, contributor.

Murai, Haruka, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Translating.

Medicine.

Translating and interpreting.

Health facilities--Translating services.

Health facilities.

Japanese language--Translating into English.

Japanese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

Summary:

This book is based on the very popular international publication (Crezee, 2013) and has been supplemented with Japanese glossaries. Just like the 2013 textbook, this practical resource will allow interpreters and translators to quickly read up on healthcare settings.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction to Healthcare for Japanese-speaking Interpreters and Translators

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Table of illustrations

List of tables

Authors' notes

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Foreword to this edition

PART I Interpreting

Chapter 1

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

Chapter 2

Interpreting in healthcare settings

1. Interpreting in healthcare settings

2. Different healthcare systems

3. 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

Chapter 3

The Culture of Japanese Medicine

Introduction: Culture and Society

1. Hierarchy and authority

2. Para-linguistics

3. Touch and contamination

4. Perceptions of pain and its cultural meanings

5. Traditional medicine

6. Effects of globalization on the Japanese health system

Chapter 4

Medical terminology

1. Introduction

2. History of medical terminology in the Western world

3. Chinese medicine and medical terminology

4. Spelling and pronunciation

5. Latin and Greek elements in medical terms

5.1 Common combinations

5.2 Common word roots

5.3 Common procedure nouns and verbs

5.4 Common prefixes

5.5 Suffixes

PART II. Interpreting in healthcare settings

Chapter 5

Primary care physicians and General Practitioners

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 translators

Chapter 6

Specialty clinics and Outpatient Clinics

1. Specialty clinics

2. Staff at specialty clinics

3. Procedure at specialty clinics

4. Some notes for interpreters and translators

Chapter 7

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. Discharge

15. Rehabilitation

16. Health professionals

17. Physical therapy

18. Occupational therapy

19. Some notes for interpreters and translators

20. English - Japanese glossary (no glossary found for this section_Wei Teng)

Chapter 8

Characteristics of the Japanese Healthcare System

1. Types of Professions and Qualifications

2. Insurance System

2.1 Municipality- controlled national health insurance (kokumin kenko hoken)

2.2 Japanese health insurance association-administered health insurance (kyokai kenpo)

2.3 Association/union-administered health insurance (kumiai kempo)

2.4 Mutual aid associations (kyosai kumiai)

2.5 Advanced Elderly Medical Service System (koreisha iryo hoken)

3. Types and services of medical care

3.1 Framework of regional medical care

3.1.1 Emergency care system

3.1.2 Disaster medical care

3.1.3 Medical care in remote areas

3.1.4 Perinatal care

3.1.5 Pediatric care

4. Third Party Accreditation

5. Aichi Medical Interpretation System and its Future

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Issues that have previously affected Aichi Prefecture.

5.3 The launch of the Aichi Medical Interpretation System

5.4 Application and training

5.5 Employment rate of medical interpreters post-training

5.6 Questionnaire results on future improvements

5.6.1 Results: More opportunities for training

5.6.2 More information in advance

5.6.3 Less psychological burden

5.6.4 Better working conditions

5.7 Conclusion

Chapter 9

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

5. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 10

Informed consent

1. Issues which might arise for interpreters during the informed consent process

Chapter 11

Pre-operative and post-operative procedures

1. Pre- and post-operative procedures

Pre-operative procedures and questions

Intra-operative: During surgery and anesthetic

Post-Anesthetic Care Unit or Recovery Room

2. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 12

Intensive Care

1. Staff

2. Some notes for interpreters and translators

3. English-Chinese glossary

Chapter 13

Obstetrics

1. Prenatal care

2. Follow-up visits

3. Term of pregnancy

4. Labor and childbirth

5. Common terminology

6. Postnatal checks

7. Postnatal care

8. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 14

Child health

1. Neonatal Care

1.1 Levels of Care

1.2 Asphyxia

1.3 Premature delivery

1.4 Problems of prematurity

1.5 Admission process

1.6 Some common diagnostic tests

2. Pediatrics

2.1 Child health professionals

2.2 Immunization

2.3 Possible childhood health problems

3. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 15

Speech-Language Therapy

1. Common terminology

2. Communication disorders

3. Assessment.

4. Therapy

5. Some notes for interpreters and translators

6. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 16

Mental health

1. Terms with Latin and Greek roots

2. Briefing and debriefing

3. Behaviors and their implications for the interpreter

4. Mental health professionals

5. Some common therapeutic approaches

6. Common reasons for counseling

7. Some commonly used pharmaceutical drugs

8. Mental illness

9. Some mental health disorders

10. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 17

Oncology

1. Cancer

2. Diagnosis

3. Typing and staging

4. Treatment

5. Common forms of cancer

6. Some notes for interpreters and translators

7. English-Japanese glossary

PART III. Healthcare specialties

Chapter 18

Neurology

2. Anatomy of the CNS

2.1 The brain

2.2 The spinal cord

3. Function of the CNS

4. Health professionals

5. Disorders of the nervous system

6. Some common medications

7. Some common tests

Chapter 19

Cardiology

2. Anatomy of the heart

3. Function of the heart

5. Disorders of the heart

6. Some common disorders of the heart

7. Some common medications

8. Some common tests

9. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 20

Pulmonology

2. Other important terms

3. Anatomy of the respiratory system

4. Function of the respiratory system

5. Health professionals

6. Disorders of the respiratory system

8. Some common diagnostic tests

Chapter 21

Hematology

1. Blood

1.1 Terms with Latin and Greek roots

1.2 Anatomy of blood

1.3 Function of blood

1.4 Health professionals.

1.5 Disorders of the blood

1.6 Some common medications

1.7 Some common diagnostic tests

2. Blood vessels

2.1 Terms with Latin and Greek roots

2.2 Anatomy of blood vessels

2.3 A word about cholesterol

2.4 Disorders of the blood vessels

Chapter 22

Orthopedics

2. Anatomy of the skeletal system

2.1 Head

2.3 Arms

2.4 Legs

3. Function of the bones

5. Disorders of the bones and joints

Chapter 23

Muscles and the motor system

2. General terminology in relation to muscles

3. Anatomy of the muscles

4. Function of the muscles

6. Disorders of the motor system

7. Disorders of the muscles

8. Common treatment methods for muscle injuries

Chapter 24

The sensory system

2. The eye

3. Anatomy of the eye

4. Different parts of the eye

6. Disorders of the eye

7. The ears

8. Anatomy of the ear

9. Health professionals

10. Conditions of the ear and balance organ

11. Medications(for eyes and ears)

12. Touch

13. Disorders of touch

14. English-Japanese glossary

Chapter 25

Immunology

2. Anatomy of the immune and lymphatic systems

3. Lymphatic organs

4. Function of the immune and lymphatic systems

6. Disorders of the immune and lymphatic systems

Chapter 26

Endocrinology

2. Overview of the endocrine system

3. Health professionals

4. Disorders of the endocrine system

5. Pituitary gland

6. Thyroid gland.

7. Parathyroid gland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

962304372