Medical Spanish for End-of-Life Care: A Story from Guatemala

About this episode

This episode explores a Guatemalan family's experience during the last days of a leukemia battle, focusing on medical Spanish for end-of-life care.

This is the fifth and final lesson in la historia de Ingrid. Follow a Guatemalan family through the last days of a leukemia battle in this Medical Spanish end-of-life patient interview. Luis González describes alarming lab results, a doctor’s shocking words about Ingrid’s white blood cell count, and the urgent return to the hospital on a […] The post Medical Spanish for End-of-Life Care: A Story from Guatemala appeared first on Doc Molly .

People in this episode

Host: Molly Martin, MD

Topics covered

• end-of-life care
• medical Spanish
• leukemia
• patient interview
• family support

Keywords

• medical Spanish
• end-of-life care
• leukemia
• patient interview
• Guatemala

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Guatemala

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