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Key Words for Health & Medical Care

This guide to health and medical terms is designed for volunteer interpreters and people with English as an additional language. It is also useful for health-care professionals with non-English speaking clients or patients.

The booklet contains over 500 terms, organized by area of health-care.

Versions available:

  • English/Arabic/Persian
  • English/Chinese/Japanese/Vietnamese
  • English/Czech/Serbo-Croatian
  • English/Hindi/Punjabi
  • English/Polish/Russian
  • English/Portuguese/Spanish
  • English/Somali/Swahili

We are very grateful to the professionals who translated the text and the experts who reviewed the original and translations. Although we took great care and obtained professional advice, there may still be inaccuracies or other deficiencies in this booklet. We would appreciate any comments or criticism from professionals and lay readers.

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