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Communicating with the African Patient
Chris Ellis
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Description for Communicating with the African Patient
Paperback. Filled with useful and practical language learning strategies designed to help doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers to learn an African language through their daily contact with patients. This book gives advice on ways to reach some understanding of the culture, health beliefs and world views of the patient in a medical consultation. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2HCBZ; CJBT; MB; MQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 185.
This book is filled with useful and practical language learning strategies designed to help doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers (who do not speak an indigenous language) to learn an African language through their daily contact with patients. More than this, it gives advice on ways to reach some understanding of the culture, health beliefs and world views of the patient in a medical consultation. Although English/Zulu and the Zulu medical culture are used as the examples, the underlying themes are applicable to any culture. The book has retained the humour and wit of its predecessor, ""Learning Language and Culture ... Read more
This book is filled with useful and practical language learning strategies designed to help doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers (who do not speak an indigenous language) to learn an African language through their daily contact with patients. More than this, it gives advice on ways to reach some understanding of the culture, health beliefs and world views of the patient in a medical consultation. Although English/Zulu and the Zulu medical culture are used as the examples, the underlying themes are applicable to any culture. The book has retained the humour and wit of its predecessor, ""Learning Language and Culture ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
ISBN
9781869140397
SKU
V9781869140397
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
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