Chapter 1: Why Learn Spanish?
  Demographics
  We Are a Bilingual Nation
  Sociocultural Considerations
  Spanish Dialects Throughout the World
  Exercise #1

Chapter 2: You Are Not Trying to Become a Spanish Linguist!
  Health Care Professional-Patient Communication Is What is Key
  Documentation: The Key to Effective Communication
  Exercise #2

Chapter 3: Starting Up
  You Are Striving to Become Conversational in Elemental Spanish
  How Do Language Learners with Limited Proficiency Communicate?
  Spanglish, Tex-Mex, and Derivatives Are Acceptable Modes of Interpersonal Communication
  You Already Know a Lot of Spanish.
  Self-Assessment Quiz
  Get and Use a Good Spanish-English Dictionary

Chapter 4: The Basics
  Comparative Spanish and English Linguistics and Phonetics
  Grammar Review
  Basic Communicative Words and Phrases

Chapter 5: The Medical Nitty-Gritty – You Can Do This!
  Patient Intake
  What Is the Patient’s Problem?
  Medical and Social History Taking
  The Physical Examination

Chapter 6: Focus on Rehabilitation
  Pain Questions
  Special Tests and Measurements
  Gait Analysis
  Therapeutic Exercise
  Manual Techniques
  Modalities

Chapter 7: Special Considerations
  Translators Are Closer Than You May Think
  Abbreviations – Don’t Angst Over Them!
  Driving Safely to Effective Communication with Hispanic Patients and Their Significant Others – Take the Easiest, Most Direct Route.

Appendix A: Quick Guide: Words and Phrases for Successful Health Care Provider- Hispanic Patient Communications
Appendix B: Patient Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, English and Spanish versions
Appendix C: HIPAA Privacy Statements, English and Spanish versions