Fall-Winter 2010

Administrator Patricia Thickstun highlights the Medical Division sessions offered at this year’s conference.
Lindsay Langford explains the role of genetic counselors and how it applies to interpreters.
Ariel Lenarduzzi discusses strategies for interpreters and providers working with older adults who have limited English proficiency.
Monica Guelman and Steven Becerra complete their three-part series on medical interpreting with attention to cultural competency and integrating medical interpreters into the healthcare team.
Book reviews of Marguerite Sechehaye’s Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl submitted by Maria Rosdolsky, and Beverley Henderson and Jennifer Lee Dorsey’s Medical Terminology for Dummiessubmitted by Carmen Cross.
Maria Rosdolsky shares a glossary of schizophrenia terminology in English and German.
Feedback from Leon McMorrow on Maria Rosdolsky’s article “Back Translation of Medical Documents”, which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2010 newsletter.

View/download Part 1 and Part 2 of the Fall-Winter 2010 issue.