"Language provides a link between the therapist's world and the patient's world".
Werner Gebauer, PhD, Physical Education, Sports Medicine
and Psychology.
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"Language is for communication and as far as it is open and clear, the process of healing the patient is accelerated and completed. Jacqueline Thrash's enormous effort to build up a bridge of communication through language is not only a wonderful tool, but also already a medicine for the healing of many Hispanic patients who will be grateful to a nurse, a doctor, or a therapist who is able to understand and tries to use their language."
Cesar Vallejo, MA Pasadena City College, CA.
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"Much more accurate and effective communication, assessment, and client care
should be possible through the use of Common Phrase Translation: Spanish. This book can greatly facilitate the achievement of cultural
competence and is, therefore, an excellent resource for all health professionals".
Lela A. Llorens, PhD., OTR, FAOTA Professor Emerita, Department of Occupational Therapy, San Jose State University; Core Faculty Emerita, Stanford Geriatric Education Center, Stanford University; Adjunct Professor, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy in the School of Dentistry, University of Southern California.
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"The thing I like about Jackie is that she tries to understand".
Eddie Thrash, Pinkie Mae & Co, Independent Music Producer.
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"As a prior student of mine, Jacqueline has demonstrated an exceptional scholastic ability and passion for research regarding the nexuses of language, culture and therapy. Her book, Common Phrase Translation: Spanish, is an example of this passion, and will be valuable to researchers, educators, and clinicians".
Michael J. Carter, PhD, Professor, Anthropologist; GCC, and LAVC.
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"Jackie Thrash has taken on an enormous task with this manual. I believe that practitioners who will use it with culturally diverse populations will find it enormously helpful because language can be a barrier or a bridge. I highly recommend this manual for your clinical library".
Guy McCormack, OTR/L PhD, FAOTA, Department Chair of University
of Missouri-Columbia OT Program, guest editor, and contributor of The Occupational Therapy Manager (2003), author of Pain Management: A Mindbody Approach (1993), and The Therapeutic Use of Touch for Health Professionals (1991).
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"A valuable resource for health professionals who are working with multicultural populations. This resource will help bridge the language barrier prevalent in diverse populations as well as develop an appreciation of diverse cultures and their languages".
Roger W. Williams, MPH, PT, Director of Clinical Education, Physical Therapy Program, University of Puget Sound.
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"I have known Jackie for over thirty years and never thought that her career choice would be one that I would be intimately associated with. My son has Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and I can fully appreciate the skills that both occupational and physical therapists require in order to do their jobs efficiently and effectively. Having met other parents who are not fluent in English with sons also afflicted with DMD, I know the vital importance of Common Phrase Translation and shall recommend it to every therapist who I meet. Thank you Jackie for this work!"
Mark Gomez, international photographer and advertising producer.
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"Communication is essential to competent health care and health care research. Jacqueline Thrash's Common Phrase Translation is a welcome tool for building rapport when providing health services as well as conducting health research among populations where language is a barrier. Medical and biological anthropologists as well as social workers, psychologists, nurses and physicians working in hospitals and clinics with linguistically-mixed populations will find this work particularly helpful."
Kevin M. Kelly, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, College of Public Health, Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept of Anthropology, Department of Community & Behavioral Health, and Department of Occupational & Environmental Health at the University of Iowa. Webmaster of http://www.Plagiocephaly.org
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"Creating rapport is essential to providing culturally competent health care. When the patient does not speak fluent English, this can be a very challenging task. Jackie Thrash has written an extremely helpful book in that regard. It will enable occupational therapists and others to communicate their interest in their patient by showing that they’ve taken the time to learn a few of the social niceties in their language. Thrash has done an incredible job of compiling important words and phrases in numerous languages".
Geri-ann Galanti PhD, Associate Professor, CSU Los Angeles, Department of Anthropology, and CSU Dominguez Hills, Department of Nursing, and author of Caring for Patients from Different Cultures.
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"The ability to use a well chosen phrase in a patient’s native language should at the very least be a welcome addition to the tool bag of any therapist working in today’s nursing home setting."
Ted Levatter, MA CCC SLP, Professor, Speech Department, Glendale Community College, CA.
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