Introduction to Healthcare for Japanese-speaking Interpreters and Translators
This is an exceptionally useful and easily accessible handbook, in particular for English-speaking patients, Japanese-speaking doctors, first-language Japanese-speaking students in healthcare related programs.
This book includes a special chapter on Japan’s shifting social structure and the hierarchies which exist within its medical system and gives concrete examples of patient expectations for hospital stays and physician visits. A further special chapter describes the Japanese insurance system and related regulations in a comprehensive fashion, also discussing standards of third party accreditation. Also included is information regarding the establishment of the Aichi Medical Interpretation System, the first of its kind in Japan, which was launched thanks to the combined efforts of local municipal communities, healthcare organizations and universities in the Aichi Prefecture.
Table of Contents
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Table of illustrations
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List of tables
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Authors’ notes
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Acknowledgments
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Foreword
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Foreword to this edition
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Part I. Interpreting
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Introduction
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Interpreting in healthcare settings
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The culture of Japanese MedicineMichelle Henault Morrone
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Medical terminology
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Part II. Interpreting in healthcare settings
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Primary care physicians and General Practitioners
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Specialty clinics and Outpatient Clinics
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Hospitals
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Characteristics of the Japanese Healthcare SystemTeruko Asano and Haruka Murai
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Emergency Departments or ERs
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Informed consent
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Pre-operative and post-operative procedures
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Intensive care
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Obstetrics
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Child health
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Speech-Language Therapy
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Mental health
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Oncology
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Part III. Healthcare specialties
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Neurology: Nerves and the nervous system
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Cardiology: Heart and the circulatory system
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Pulmonology: The respiratory system
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Hematology: Blood and blood disorders
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Orthopedics: The skeletal system
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Muscles and the motor system
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The sensory system
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Immunology: The immune and lymphatic systems
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Endocrinology: The endocrine system
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Gastroenterology: The digestive system
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Urology and nephrology: The urinary system
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Urology and gynecology
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Appendix
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Appendix
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References
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Suggested further readings for Parts II and III
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Useful websites
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