1;Foreword;8 2;Preface;9 3;Contents;13 4;Contributors;16 5;Unit I Reading, Listening, Talking and Writing. Self-evaluation;19 5.1;Introduction;19 5.2;Exercise 1;23 5.3;Exercise 2;24 5.4;Exercise 3;24 5.5;Exercise 4;24 5.6;Exercise 5;25 5.7;Exercise 6;25 5.8;Exercise 7;25 6;Unit II Grammar in Use;31 6.1;Introduction;31 6.2;Tenses;31 6.3;Modal Verbs;42 6.4;Conditionals;48 6.5;Passive Voise;52 6.6;Reported Speech;55 6.7;Questions;58 6.8;Infinitive/ -Ing;60 6.9;Articles;64 6.10;Word Order;67 6.11;Relative Clauses;68 6.12;Adjectives;71 6.13;Prepositions;77 7;Unit III Scintific Literature;83 7.1;Writing an Article;83 7.2;Letters;102 8;Unit IV Talks and Courses ;107 8.1;Introduction;107 8.2;Course Example;107 8.3;General Information;112 8.4;Local Information;112 8.5;Giving a Talk;113 9;Unit V Some of the Most Frequent Mistakes Made by Doctors Speaking in English;123 9.1;What Can Go Wrong ... Nightmares That Dont't Come True;123 9.2;English Grammar;124 9.3;Misnomers and False Friend;125 9.4;Common Basic Mistakes;127 10;Unit VI Latin and Greek Termonology;133 10.1;Introduction;133 10.2;Plural Rules;133 10.3;Exercises;134 10.4;List of Latin and Greek Terms and Their Plurals;135 11;Unit VII Acronyms and Abbreviations;151 11.1;Introduction;151 11.2;Common Sentences Containing Abbreviations;154 11.3;Abbreviation Lists;158 12;Unit VIII The Clinical History;185 12.1;Communication Skills;185 12.2;The Chart;186 12.3;Taking a Clinical History;186 12.4;Patient Examination;194 12.5;Special Examinations and Laboratory Findings;196 12.6;Case History;197 13;Unit IX Conversation Survival Guide;201 13.1;Introduction;201 13.2;At the Airport;203 13.3;During the Flight;203 13.4;In the Taxi;204 13.5;At the Hotel;205 13.6;At the Restaurant;206 13.7;Shopping;208 13.8;At the Hairdresser;210 13.9;Cars;211 13.10;Having a Dring (or Two);213 13.11;On the Phone;214 13.12;In the Bank;214