McGraw Hill's Complete Medical Spanish, Premium Fourth Edition

volunteer work at local clinic-many patients are Spanish speaking

As the author of an English/Spanish dictionary I am interested in Spanish learning resources generally and have been following Joanna Ríos' work for nearly 30 years. The recently published 4th edition of her Complete Medical Spanish represents a remarkably ambitious undertaking in which she offers just about everything the student of medical Spanish could want. In addition to lessons in constructing the sort of phrases health professionals will want to use and understand, there are sections devoted to Spanish pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary (including COVID-19-related vocabulary), regionalisms, and usage, including warnings regarding terms that could be considered vulgar. Illustrations make the material easy to digest and exercises with an answer key reinforce what has been learned. Subjects given special attention include women's health, mental health, pediatric behavioral issues, nursing, physical therapy, complementary and alternative medicine, and more. Commonly used tools, such as the GAD-7, ACE, CAGE, OASIS, and MoCA questionnaires are included. This is an exhaustive work and I would give it 6 stars if I could.

We'll put together, simple

Since I already speak Spanish pretty well, it was not what I needed. I ordered a laminated cheat sheet instead. In general, I wasn’t that impressed, but it could be useful for many.

Super helpful phrases. Great verb review. Highly recommend for advanced Spanish language learners.

Great book!

I was looking to learn to translate medical terms into Spanish as I am already fluent in the language and obviously conversational. This book teaches you conversational Spanish in the medical field. Great if that's what you need. It is not described as such.

On the bottom of every pages explain new words

A useful book for those interested in medical Spanish.