Library Research Guides: Spanish Language and Health: Medical Resources and Databases

Welcome

The Purpose of this LibGuide

To help you, the health professional, provide the best care possible without letting language and cultural barriers interfere in your ability to deliver high quality guidance and medical information.

These resources will help you learn more and communicate better in your important clinical, day to day environment and achieve optimal results with your patients.

Medical Resources (NYMC Access only)

Buscar en UpToDate
UpToDate® is the premier evidence-based clinical decision support resource, trusted worldwide by healthcare practitioners to help them make the right decisions at the point of care. It is proven to change the way clinicians practice medicine, and is the only resource of its kind associated with improved outcomes. After you have registered and created an account, you can access your Spanish Language preference in the upper right hand corner (Language) tab.
PubMed Articles on Health Trends
Health issues facing Hispanic Americans

Open Access Health Resources in Spanish For Doctor and Patient

Agency for Health Care Research
Información en español. To keep patients safe, help doctors and nurses improve qualtiy, develop data to track changes in the health care system.
American Diabetes Association
Informacion en espaniol
Asbestos and Health Information
LILACS - Latin American & Caribbean Health Sciences Literature
From the Virtual Health Library, LILACS is the most important and comprehensive index of scientific and technical literature of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Medicare Information en espanol
Medline Plus en Espanol
This site is maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Patient information sheets can be printed out. The interpreter can write the medical term in English, but articles appears in Spanish
Merck en espanol
This free version offers good health information in Spanish for the general public
NIH (National Institute of Health)
A wide variety of Health Articles and Publications in Spanish from dental health, eye health, to neurological disorders

Books in Our Catalog

Health Issues in the Latino Community by Marilyn Aguirre-Molina; Ruth Enid Zambrana; Carlos W. Molina
Call Number: W84 AA1 H4343 2001
ISBN: 0787953156
Publication Date: 2001-05-07
This resource offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latino's health and health care within the United States.
Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States by Thomas A. Arcury (Editor); Sara A. Quandt (Editor)
ISBN: 0387883460
Publication Date: 2009-03-19
They work at some of America's most hazardous jobs, have few protections, and receive some of the lowest wages. This resource examines the health and living conditions of workers in agriculture, and covers all major areas of illness and injury (including occupational, environmental, infections, and pesticides).