Spanish in Contact

This reference text for medical Spanish features easy-to-read two-column format, picture dictionary of common objects, quick-reference dictionary of key terms, indexes in Spanish in English, basic rules of Spanish pronunciation and grammar, common Spanish words and phrases used in healthcare, clear body-system illustrations with anatomy in English and Spanish, and questions and instructions that cover health problems for all body systems.

Jordi Bas i Vidal es licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Barcelona, donde también cursó estudios de Filosofía y Letras. Es autor de varios libros relacionados con la onomástica, entre los que se encuentra Els noms propis catalans.

Identifies common trouble spots and explains the reasons behind them and shows how grammar patterns of Spanish differ from those of English.

One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...