TITLE:
The Development of an Instrument to Carry out Clinical Interviews Easily as Well as Medical Recommendations in Nahuatl in Mexico
AUTHORS:
Nelson Eduardo Alvarez Licona, María de la Luz Sevilla González, Eduardo Alvarez Sevilla, Ricardo Alvarez Sevilla
KEYWORDS:
Communication, Nahuatl, Clinical Interview, Medical Recommendations, Language
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Anthropology,
Vol.8 No.3,
August
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: This document shows the mechanism and logic which
were used to develop the communicative instrument. This instrument will
facilitate the communication between the health personnel and the Nahuatl
population in Mexico. Using this instrument, clinical interviews, as well as
medical recommendations may be carried out despite the lack of knowledge of the
Nahuatl language. The instrument was developed taking in consideration that
Nahuatl is a tone language in comparison with Spanish grammar. Regarding
phonetics, it can be read since it shares the same alphabet. The knowledge of
this language was required to decide the use of the polite language instead of
the reverential language
which is more complicated. This document is based on the field research, the
clinical interviews done by the internists, as well as the clinical experience
of doctors who were responsible for the medical recommendations. Both the
clinical interview and the medical recommendations are presented for the
application as well as additional documents such as dictionaries and
compendiums.