English for Medicine - ebook
English for Medicine - ebook
Zestaw dodatkowych ćwiczeń do książki English for Medicine, w którym znalazły się krótkie teksty ze słowniczkami, ćwiczenia wprowadzające nowe słownictwo oraz uczące komunikacji z pacjentem. Do ćwiczeń - klucz z komentarzem.
W publikacji Czytelnik znajdzie nowe słownictwo związane między innymi z: funkcjonowaniem szpitala i innych placówek służby zdrowia, rozumieniem dolegliwości opisanych przez pacjentów, udzielaniem porad, czy krótką prezentacją przypadków przy łóżku chorego.
Materiał do pracy samodzielnej lub z lektorem.
Kategoria: | Angielski |
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ISBN: | 978-83-200-4877-3 |
Rozmiar pliku: | 453 KB |
FRAGMENT KSIĄŻKI
Find a word which follows the first word in the clue and precedes the second in each case making a new phrase or word. E.g. infusion could be the answer for continuous rate (continuous infusion = wlew ciągły and infusion rate = szybkość podawania wlewu).
The idea for this exercise comes from Missing Links in Chris Maslanka’s Puzzles which appear regularly in the Saturday edition of The Guardian.
1) anti-inflammatory abuse
2) bird vaccine
3) 'w' repair
4) middle ache
5) heat volume
6) athlete’s drop2 Patients’ vs doctors’ language
Match these technical terms to more patient-friendly descriptions of various health problems.
digestion: trawienie
numbness: drętwienie
tingling: mrowienie
pass water: oddawać mocz
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TECHNICAL TERMS PATIENT-FRIENDLY LANGUAGE
1) insomnia a) yellowing of the skin and/or eyes
2) arrhythmia b) problems with digestion and pain after meals
3) epistaxis c) trouble falling asleep and/or staying asleep
4) dysuria d) blood in the urine
5) dyspepsia e) changes in the way the heart beats
6) jaundice f) feeling of numbness and tingling
7) paraesthesia g) difficulty or pain on passing water
8) haematuria h) severe bleeding from the nose
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What do you think your patients mean when they tell you that they feel?
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PATIENT’S DESCRIPTION MEANING
1) 'light-headed' a) feel out of breath
2) 'bloated' b) feel strange, not well
3) 'winded' c) feel anxious, feel something is wrong
4) 'funny' d) feel dizzy, like they are going to faint
5) 'uneasy' e) have a slight fever
6) they are 'coming down with flu' f) feel weak, unable to walk correctly or think clearly
7) 'queasy' g) feel sick, feel that they are going to vomit
8) 'groggy' h) feel they have caught flu and it’s just starting
9) 'poorly' i) their abdomen feels uncomfortably full and tight
10) 'a bit feverish' j) feel unwell
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