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How to Talk About Illness and Medicine in English

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How to Talk About Illness and Medicine in English

In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about illness, medicine and healthcare in English.

You’ll learn how to deal with a visit to the doctor’s office in English, how to talk about different healthcare systems, how to talk about going to hospital in English, and more. Want more practice with your English speaking? Choose one of our certified English teachers to help you in online speaking lessons:

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Contents:
1. At the Doctor’s Office 0:48
2. Prescribing Medicine and Giving Advice 3:26
3. How Healthcare Systems Work 6:43
4. In Hospital 10:26
5. Talking About Recovery 13:13

This lesson will help you:
– Understand how you can communicate with a doctor in English if you have to go to the doctor’s office.
– Get useful phrases and vocabulary to talk about medicine in English.
– Learn how healthcare systems work in English-speaking countries like the UK and US.
– See what kinds of English phrases for the hospital you can use to communicate if you have to stay at a hospital in an English-speaking country.
– Talk about recovery after an injury or illness in English with helpful vocabulary.
– See example conversations people might have when talking about illness and medicine in English.

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38 COMMENTS

  1. Hello, I am from Pakistan, over here , in some places its a copy of UK, and in some other places, people will select what they want to do. In our clinics, doctors always have a prescription and a pharmacy neighbored, but one thing bad is that they do not care about the age, they even give some ibuprofen tabs to 5-8 years children. I remember UK, because I have stayed there for 2 years, there was a very good protection. by the way i like how OOE teaches and it's content.

  2. ın my country people generally use the public healthcare because private insurance or private hospitals are expensive.
    Public healthcare is high quality because halthcare professionals are knowledgeable and experienced.However, since public hospitals are busy,you may have to wait in line for each procedure.
    If you make minumum wage or higher,the instution you work for has to pay your ınsurance.you can also purchase private insurance,though. but if you have low income or no income the state gives you a green card. with this card you can examined and treated in public hospitals for free. but if you want to benefit from private hospitals you might have to pay high fees with this card. so this is a restriction.

  3. Am so like and pleasure when I listen this channs.
    Am very understandable english but my speaking english low due to environmental reason " barrier of environmental"
    From Somalia,finaly how can you help and how to solve that problem ? Dear friends

  4. Most people usually prefer public healthcare but they go to private healthcare when they have no much time to wait for treatment.
    Public healthcare is not as high quality as we need but they are reliable. Because they have not many facilities as we need for a cure.
    Yes, All the residents are entitled to free public healthcare. There is no restriction for that.

  5. I googled a disease name, and the articles said "your" disease. ( Glialcytoma is when YOUR brain…), but I don't have the disease. Do doctors want me to have the diseases? Why not describe the diseases without putting a curse on people?

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