Product Description

*Reduce your dependency on a Spanish translator!

*Portable and easy to use while performing an optometric exam or taking a case history

*Simple, non-technical words maximize your patients' comprehension

*Features both open-ended and yes/no questions to suit your needs

*No grammar lessons required

*Features a topic-organized glossary for easy use

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1330989 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 159 pages

From the Publisher
This clinical reference will help you formulate questions, instructions, and explanations in Spanish. Organized by how a practitioner interacts with a patient, the book follows a logical order--from the polite greeting, to taking a case history, to visual testing and treatment. Translated explanations are included, from cataract and dry eye to contact lenses and refractive surgery. An easy to use glossary and its pocket sized format make it the ideal reference for every eye doctor's office.

About the Author
OD, Private Practice, Carmel Mountain Vision Care, San Diego

Customer Reviews

Excellent pocket guide
This book goes step-by-step with phrases for each part of the eye exam. I use it almost every day since my patient base is mostly Hispanic. Haven't come across any other book like it for eyecare.

Excellent Spanish exam guide book
I was basically looking for a book that had basic Spanish terms to get through an exam (i.e. up, down, left right). This book is small enough to fit in your pocket and has phrases & sentences to ask basic questions without the patient having to respond except with a yes or no response! Broken down into dialoges to follow each any aspect of exam (visual fields, slit lamp, tonometry, ocular disease findings, spectacle recommendations). I can now recommend progressives, CLs or anything else without a blank look from the patient! Now my Hispanic population recommend me to their friends & family!

A Good list of Spanish phrases for the eye examination
The is a good little booklet (about 4x6")with about 150 pages of phrases commonly in use during the eye examination. It easily fits into a pocket and can be consulted before or during an examination for the phrase you may need. The sections are organized sequentially as the procedures done during the eye examination in the order salutations, history taking, visual acuity, binocularity testing, refraction etc. This makes it a bit easier to look up a phrase as you need it during the course of the exam.

I find the book useful and yet hope for two improvements. One would be to have tabs for each section to make for quick and easy access to the sections. I have only had a bit of spanish studies and can do fairly well but still found patients staring at me without comprehension after I read a phrase from the book undoubtably due to my poor pronunciation. An accompaning CD with the spoken phrases from the book would be helpful.

This book is still an excellent value and I would recommend it.