English in Medicine

Tridjoko Hadianto
Introduction
This lecture introduces how to communicate (in
English) with those involved in delivering and
receiving care. The content will be structured
according to how English terminologies deal
with patients:
taking a history,
examining a patient,
investigation,
diagnosis and treatment.
Sakit (Indonesia)
English
Sickness
Illness
Sore
Pain
Trouble
Disease
Sakit kepala
Head-ache
Migraine
Confuse
Angry
Frustration

Blue baby
Blue = biru
Baby = bayi
A newborn infant whose unoxygenated blood is
shunted to the arterial side of the heart (patent
foramen ovale)
Common cold
Common = biasa
Cold = dingin

Common cold = coryza (selesma, pilek)
Abortion
Abort = menggagalkan (gagal, gugur)
Abortion = in strictly medical language, means
the interruption of a pregnancy (pengguguran
kandungan).
Angina pectoris
A chest pain resulting from temporary difficulty
in the coronary arteries (insuffisient oxygen
supply to hearth muscle).
Syndrome
A group of symptoms and signs which, when
considered together, is characteristic of certain
disease or disorder.
Fishbeins illustrated Medical and Health Encyclopedia, 1978. Stuttman Co. Inc. USA.
Summary

Communication skills (in English) play a major
role to improve the outcome of care and patient
satisfaction
Refertence
Fishbein, 1978. Fishbeins illustrated
Medical and Health Encyclopedia,
Stuttman Co. Inc., USA.