Content Includes:

• Introduction to Community Interpreting

• Types of Interpreters; Modes of Interpretation

• The Community Interpreter

• Preparing to Interpret

• Interpretation Techniques

• Listening Techniques

• Techniques for Consecutive Interpretation

• Note-Taking Techniques

• Memory Development or Mnemonics

• Code of Professional Conduct for Interpreters

• General Comments on Health Care Delivery

• General Comments on Mental Health Services

• General Comments on Social Services

• Cultural Aspects;

• For Providers:

• Working with an Interpreter

• A Representative Summary of Patients’ Rights and Responsibilities

• List of States, Provinces and Departments in the Americas and Spain

• American Hospital Association classifications

Also includes the following English to Spanish Glossaries:

• General Terminology

• Family Members; Clothing

• Basic Anatomy

• Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

• Vaccines

• Mental Health and Special Education

• Dental Terminology

• Biological Diseases

• Medicinal Plants and Herbs and Dietary Supplements Vitamins, Fatty Acids, Oils and Minerals

Informational materials:

• Medical and other Dictionaries, and Source
  Websites

• Examples for Interpretation

• Health Needs of Farm Workers and Their Families

• Initial Nursing Assessment

215 pages of valuable information