Introduction to healthcare for Arabic-speaking interpreters and translators / Ineke H.M. Crezee, Nawar Gailani, Anna N. Gailani, Auckland University of Technology ; with illustrations by Jenny Jiang ; with contributions by Maureen Kearney, Dana Lui and Dr. Linda Hand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crezee, Ineke, author.

Gailani, Nawar, author.

Gailani, Anna N., author.

Contributor:

Jiang, Jenny, illustrator.

Kearney, Maureen, contributor.

Lui, Dana, contributor.

Hand, Linda, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Translating.

Medicine.

Translating and interpreting.

Health facilities--Translating services.

Health facilities.

Arabic language--Translating into English.

Arabic language.

Arabic language--Medical Arabic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

Language Note:

Text mostly in English, some terminology also in Arabic; includes English-Arabic glossaries.

Summary:

Introduction to Healthcare for Arabic-speaking Interpreters and Translators follows the seminal publication Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators (Crezee, 2013) and has been supplemented with Arabic glossaries and comments about health communication between Anglophones and Arabic speakers.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction to Healthcare for Arabic-speaking Interpreters and Translators

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Table of illustrations

List of tables

Foreword

Arabic foreword to this edition

Foreword to this edition

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

Summary of main points

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

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 health

5.6 The role of the interpreter as a culture broker

Healthcare Provision and 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

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 translators

Specialty 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. Discharge

15. Rehabilition

16. Health professionals

17. Physical therapy

18. Occupational therapy

19. Some notes for interpreters and translators

20. Arabic-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

5. English-Arabic glossary

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

2. English-Arabic glossary

Intensive Care

1. Staff

2. Some notes for interpreters and translators

3. English-Arabic glossary

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-Arabic glossary

Summary of main points.

Speech-language therapy

1. Common terminology

2. Communication disorders

3. Assessment

4. Therapy

5. Some notes for interpreters and translators

6. English-Arabic glossary

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 practicing in the US include:

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-Arabic glossary

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-Arabic glossary

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

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-Arabic glossary

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

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

Orthopedics

2. Anatomy of the skeletal system

2.1 Head

2.2 Torso

2.3 Arms

2.4 Legs

3. Function of the bones

5. Disorders of the bones and joints

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

The sensory system

1. Latin and Greek roots

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-Arabic glossary

Immunology

1. Term with Latin and Greek roots

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

Endocrinology.

1. Terms with Latin and Greek roots

2. Overview of the endocrine system

3. Health professionals

4. Disorders of the endocrine system

5. Pituitary gland

6. Thyroid gland

7. Parathyroid gland

8. Adrenal glands

9. Pancreas

10. The glycemic index (GI)

11. English-Arabic glossary

Gastroenterology

2. Anatomy and function of the digestive system

3. Peritoneum

5. Disorders of the digestive system

7. Some common diagnostic tests.

8. Additional comments

Urology and nephrology

2. Anatomy of the urinary system

3. The kidneys

4. The urinary tract

5. Function of the urinary system

6. Health professionals

7. Disorders of the urinary system

8. Some common medications

Urology and gynecology

2. Male and female reproductive systems

2.1 Anatomy of the male reproductive system

2.2 Disorders of the male reproductive system

2.3 Health professionals

2.4 Anatomy of the female reproductive system

2.5 Health professionals

2.6 Disorders of the female reproductive system

3. Fertility and infertility

3.1 Infertility

3.2 Men

3.3 Women

3.4 Artificial reproduction

3.5 Contraception

4. Pregnancy

4.1 Terms with Latin and Greek roots

4.2 Health professionals

4.3 Complications of pregnancy

4.4 Some common diagnostic tests

5. Sexual Health

5.1 Most common STDs

Appendix

Some common diagnostic tests

References

Useful websites.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.