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Introduction to healthcare for Japanese-speaking interpreters and translators / Ineke H.M. Crezee, Teruko Asano ; with illustrations by Jenny Jiang ; with contributions by Shinobu Hattori, Michelle Henault Morrone, Haruka Murai.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam : Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 412 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789027266293
  • 9027266298
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introduction to healthcare for Japanese-speaking interpreters and translators.DDC classification:
  • 610.1/4 23
LOC classification:
  • R119.5 .C7415 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction to Healthcare for Japanese-speaking Interpreters and Translators; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Table of illustrations; List of tables; Authors' notes; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Foreword to this edition ; PART I Interpreting; Chapter 1 ; 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; Chapter 2 ; Interpreting in healthcare settings; 1. Interpreting in healthcare settings; 2. Different healthcare systems.
3. Accuracy4. 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; Chapter 3 ; The Culture of Japanese Medicine; Introduction: Culture and Society; 1. Hierarchy and authority; 2. Para-linguistics; 3. Touch and contamination; 4. Perceptions of pain and its cultural meanings; 5. Traditional medicine; 6. Effects of globalization on the Japanese health system; Chapter 4 ; Medical terminology; 1. Introduction; 2. History of medical terminology in the Western world.
3. Chinese medicine and medical terminology4. Spelling and pronunciation; 5. Latin and Greek elements in medical terms; 5.1 Common combinations; 5.2 Common word roots; 5.3 Common procedure nouns and verbs; 5.4 Common prefixes; 5.5 Suffixes; PART II. Interpreting in healthcare settings; Chapter 5 ; Primary care physicians and General Practitioners; 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; Chapter 6.
Specialty clinics and Outpatient Clinics1. Specialty clinics; 2. Staff at specialty clinics; 3. Procedure at specialty clinics; 4. Some notes for interpreters and translators; Chapter 7 ; 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. Rehabilitation16. Health professionals; 17. Physical therapy; 18. Occupational therapy; 19. Some notes for interpreters and translators; 20. English -- Japanese glossary (no glossary found for this section_Wei Teng); Chapter 8 ; Characteristics of the Japanese Healthcare System; Introduction; 1. Types of Professions and Qualifications; 2. Insurance System; 2.1 Municipality- controlled national health insurance (kokumin kenko hoken); 2.2 Japanese health insurance association-administered health insurance (kyokai kenpo); 2.3 Association/union-administered health insurance (kumiai kempo).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Healthcare for Japanese-speaking Interpreters and Translators; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Table of illustrations; List of tables; Authors' notes; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Foreword to this edition ; PART I Interpreting; Chapter 1 ; 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; Chapter 2 ; Interpreting in healthcare settings; 1. Interpreting in healthcare settings; 2. Different healthcare systems.

3. Accuracy4. 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; Chapter 3 ; The Culture of Japanese Medicine; Introduction: Culture and Society; 1. Hierarchy and authority; 2. Para-linguistics; 3. Touch and contamination; 4. Perceptions of pain and its cultural meanings; 5. Traditional medicine; 6. Effects of globalization on the Japanese health system; Chapter 4 ; Medical terminology; 1. Introduction; 2. History of medical terminology in the Western world.

3. Chinese medicine and medical terminology4. Spelling and pronunciation; 5. Latin and Greek elements in medical terms; 5.1 Common combinations; 5.2 Common word roots; 5.3 Common procedure nouns and verbs; 5.4 Common prefixes; 5.5 Suffixes; PART II. Interpreting in healthcare settings; Chapter 5 ; Primary care physicians and General Practitioners; 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; Chapter 6.

Specialty clinics and Outpatient Clinics1. Specialty clinics; 2. Staff at specialty clinics; 3. Procedure at specialty clinics; 4. Some notes for interpreters and translators; Chapter 7 ; 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. Rehabilitation16. Health professionals; 17. Physical therapy; 18. Occupational therapy; 19. Some notes for interpreters and translators; 20. English -- Japanese glossary (no glossary found for this section_Wei Teng); Chapter 8 ; Characteristics of the Japanese Healthcare System; Introduction; 1. Types of Professions and Qualifications; 2. Insurance System; 2.1 Municipality- controlled national health insurance (kokumin kenko hoken); 2.2 Japanese health insurance association-administered health insurance (kyokai kenpo); 2.3 Association/union-administered health insurance (kumiai kempo).

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