Complete Medical Spanish : A Practical Course for Quick and Confident Communication

Although this book is not bad, it only gives you the basic information needed to get through a physical exam of a patient, and does not come with pronunciation of the words. I would recommend buying the 'Spanish for Family Practitioners' set that includes this book and a set of 3 CD's. The CD's provide dialogs and pronunciation.

This book and the accompanying CDs are the best resource I have found in the way of "how-to" books for learning medical Spanish. The choice of translations is very accurate and the Spanish is generalized in that it will be understood by Hispanics from any country. The writing is personable and engaging, and there is a wealth of information on Latin culture. As an internist who has worked with Spanish-speaking patients for the last 20-odd years, I can say that the subject matter is very relevant and the questions are carefully phrased to ensure accurate responses. Very well done! I recommend it highly.

Glenn Rogers, M.D.

I like this book because it'll really give you an idea how spanish language is constructed plus the exercises after each topic which appears to be too elementary but very helpful, indeed. Good price for a sensible book. If you're a beginner in the heathcare world, this is it! Eureka!

This book is intended to be a practical learning tool to get the medical provider to not only be able to state the usual medical phrases, but to have knowledge of the spanish language to actually communicate. It's a tall order, and for a one volume set, it performs well. Starts with the alphabet and "mucho gusto", runs through common verbs, conjugation and vocabulary used in a medical setting. Extremely practical spanish, and definitely not a tourism/conversational course with a few medical terms thrown in.
There are CDs in a different set, as well as audio CDs on the Rios website. I HIGHLY recommend you get some CDs, as the book makes a lot more sense. It's difficult to learn to actually talk a lagnuage from a book.
Small issues - the book covers conjugation, but it's one of the trickier elements to the spanish language, and native speakers aren't going to understand you (and you them) unless you have lots of experience with verbs, so you are probably going to need to get additional resources in that department.
Also, there are some medical dialogues in the book, but I wish there were more.
Great book, good luck practicing!

I have not recieved this product, charged to my credit card about 6 weeks ago, estimated by shipper to arrive Sept 4, it's now Oct 3 and no book. E-mailed Amazon but no answer to the e-mail, just this undoubtedly machine generated message inviting comments. OK there it is. Are we going to deep-six our society in automation?