Book excerpt: If you took Russian in high school or university and need Russian for your career in the medical or health field, you need to update your vocabulary and phrases to a professional level. First Russian Medical Reader for Health Professions and Nursing will give you the words and phrases necessary for helping patients making appointments, informing them of their diagnosis, and their treatment options. Medical specialties range from ENT to dentistry. Supplementary resources include the Russian/English and English/Russian dictionaries. Use this book to take your Russian knowledge to the health professional's level. The book is equipped with the audio tracks. The address of the home page of the book on the Internet, where audio files are available for listening and downloading, is listed at the beginning of the book on the copyright page.