Medical interpreting : improving communication with your patients [videorecording]

Produced by Helen Tebble
Geelong, Vic. : Learning Resources Services, Deakin University, 1998

ISBN: 0730024830

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Book description
When you don't speak the same language as your patient, and you patient doesn't speak English - how do you cope in a medical consultation?

Use a medical interpreter. If you work with an accredited and qualified medical interpreter, your consultation with a non-English speaking patient can then be as effective as any other. The book and videotape, Medical Interpreting : Communicating Effectively with your Patients, will show you how.

To get the best results from the services of a medical interpreter, you need an understanding of how interpreted consultations work. Strategies for working with medical interpreters are demonstrated in this book and videotape - and you'll be shown easy ways to identify and learn those strategies. Samples of authentic interpreted medical consultations between English-speaking doctors and their non-English speaking patients are used in illustrating and exploring the issues.

By watching the video in conjunction with the book - either on your worn or in a group - and working through the activities, you'll come to a better understanding of key issues such as addressing the patient, managing 'turns at talk' with the interpreter and patient, and taking the medical history.

About the author
Dr Helen Tebble works in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.

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