Dialogs: Hospital
A collection of dialogs that occur in hospital settings.
A patient checks in with reception at the hospital.
Notes: This dialog contains some good health and insurance vocabulary as well as some polite language on the part of the receptionist, but it should be fairly manageable to most.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers |  |
| Standard | Unread | 7170 |
A woman sees the doctor for a cold-like symptoms.
Notes: This dialog is an excellent introduction to many of the most common vocabulary words related to catching a cold.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 4041 |
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A woman negotiates with the doctor about the medicine he prescribes.
Notes: This dialog is an excellent introduction to many of the most common vocabulary words related to catching a cold.
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| Standard | Unread | 1923 |
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A patient wraps up her visit to the clinic.
Notes: This shorter article demonstrates polite conversation at a customer service window as well as a brief moment of giving walking directions.
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| Standard | Unread | 1207 |
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A patient picks up her prescription at the pharmacist.
Notes: This is a great dialog for vocabulary related to medicine, dosages, and so on.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 1054 |
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A man visits the doctor about his itchy eyes and runny nose that always seem to coincide with this time of year.
Notes: This dialog showcases some good words related to the clinical part of a hospital visit, such as vocabulary for "drawing blood," "performing tests," and so on.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 909 |
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A patient visits the hospital with a possible case of food poisoning.
Notes: This dialog demonstrates some excellent vocabulary and phrases related to when things go wrong in the digestion department. The grammar should be mostly straightforward.
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| Standard | Unread | 838 |
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A patient sees the doctor when she mysteriously misses her period several months in a row.
Notes: This dialog contains good vocabulary related to reproductive health. The grammar should be mostly straightforward.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 795 |
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A patient gets a happy surprise when her test results come back.
Notes: This article showcases some excellent vocabulary related to female reproductive health and pregnancy.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 739 |
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A patient visits the dentist when an old filling comes loose while traveling.
Notes: This dialog includes very polite language on the part of the dental office staff and more middle-of-the-road politeness on the part of the patient. It also contains lots of good health and medical vocabulary.
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| Standard | Unread | 704 |
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A dentist and patient discuss options for repairing a filling that has come loose while the patient is traveling.
Notes: This dialog includes very polite language on the part of the dental office staff and more middle-of-the-road politeness on the part of the patient. It also contains lots of good health and medical vocabulary.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 639 |
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A patient sees the dentist when she gets a throbbing pain in her molar while traveling.
Notes: This dialog is excellent practice for the kinds of vocabulary and grammar you might need to use in describing tooth pain and the procedures for fixing it.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 630 |
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A patient sees the dentist when she gets a throbbing pain in her molar while traveling.
Notes: This dialog is excellent practice for the kinds of vocabulary and grammar you might need to use in describing tooth pain and the procedures for fixing it.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 570 |
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A mother and her young son see the doctor about the boy's flu-like symptoms.
Notes: This is a great example of how people switch between polite and informal language depending on whom they are speaking to. In this dialog, the doctor uses polite language with the mother but informal language with the child.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 721 |
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A mother and her young son see the doctor about the boy's flu-like symptoms.
Notes: This is a great example of how people switch between polite and informal language depending on whom they are speaking to. In this dialog, the doctor uses polite language with the mother but informal language with the child.
| Editions | Status | Total Readers | |
| Standard | Unread | 638 |