Medical English in Laos and Cambodia

Authors : Peter Gutter
Edition : 1
Year : 2015
Description :

This is a self-study reference and practice book for doctors, nurses and dentists in Laos and
Cambodia. This book aims to help you learn Medical English.
This book is a revised and extended version of an earlier book that I wrote, entitled “Medical
English in Laos”, which was published by the World Health Organization in Vientiane in 2001. I
would like to thank those people who sent me suggestions for improvement of the first edition.
Most of these suggestions have been included in the current edition.


The units in this book cover the main stages of medical language, like case-taking, examination,
diagnosis and treatment. They will help you communicate in English with patients and medical
staff. Units on reading skills will help you with your medical books. The discussion topics in this
book will help you with your conversation skills. Units on vocabulary will help you understand
the meaning of medical words.


Each unit in the book is composed of various parts which cover one specific medical aspect.
Although the book is intended for self-study, it is designed to be equally useful for medical
personnel studying in a classroom. The book adopts a student-centred approach suitable both for
classroom use (with a variety of pairwork and role-play situations) and self-study (an answer key
is provided at the back of the book).


At the back of the book there is also a list of prefixes and suffixes used in medical terminology:
they are the building blocks of medical language. Knowing (or at least recognizing) these is
essential if you want to learn and understand Medical English.
All units are presented in either a Cambodian or Lao context, but the names used throughout the
book, together with the clinical histories, are entirely contrived and any resemblance to any
person living or dead is purely coincidental.


The materials in this book were piloted in the classroom in cooperation with doctors and nurses
of the Savannakhet Provincial Health Service and the Savannakhet Provincial Hospital, and with
students at the National Institute of Public Health in Vientiane. I would like to thank Dr
Giovanni Deodato, Dr Chanpheng Southivong, Dr Phathakone Banouvong, Dr Chim Sotheara,
Dr Pramote Limkool, Dr Kesinee Owasith, Dr Somboun Phomtavong and Dr Christoph Bendick
for their encouragement and support. To my students, who have worked through these materials
with good humour, I offer sincere thanks for all the suggestions and practical advice.


Contents
Anatomy
Pathology
Epidemiology
Hospitals
Diagnosis
Treatment
Medicines
Instruments
Public health
Dentistry
Answer key
Prefixes and suffixes in medical terminology


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