Spanish for Pediatric Medicine: A Practical Communication Guide, 3rd Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781610021388 ISBN-10: 161002138X Copyright: 2019 Edition: 3rd Author: Machtinger, Edward L., Nigrovic, Peter A., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 92 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Maria Echeverria-Raddatz,  BA  (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital) Description This is a practical guide for medical staff who are not proficient in Spanish to help them communicate with their Spanish-speaking patients and families. The previous edition was published in 2010. Purpose The purpose is to provide an enhanced practical guide to communication between healthcare professionals and their Spanish-speaking patients. This book is basically intended to help physicians for a short time, until qualified Spanish interpreters arrive. The book is needed for physician offices, even if the provider's Spanish is good or average. This book is easy to use and helpful -- it comes in very handy. Audience This book is appropriate for any health providers -- students, fellows, residents, attendings, APNs -- who have Spanish speaking patients. Language can be a barrier to communicating what both provider and family have to say and ask. The book covers different specialties as well as different ages of children. Features The book is well structured and organized by patient age and hospital/clinic department. The English questions/statements appear in white while the translation into Spanish is in gray. It is very easy to differentiate content and meaning in both languages. The book is small and handy with the look of a journal/notebook. The book is well organized, but it could use some color highlights in areas such as emergency care. The glossary and the appendixes are very helpful. Assessment This book will be useful for the intended audience. However, there's a great need for qualified/certified Spanish medical interpreters to be available at a moment's notice. We all know that medical interpretation should always be done by medical interpreters and not by staff members who, despite speaking Spanish, are not certified. It's important to have high standards for interpreting in medicine. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 8 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.