本书是全国高职高专医药院校工学结合“十二五”规划教材。全书分为12个单元。每个单元涉及提高学生相关信息收集能力的医学图表、提高学生医护职业场景会话能力的情景对话、提高浅显医护英语文章阅读能力的医学视野和医院故事。
本书根据教育部高教司颁布的《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求(试行)》的相关内容，参考全国医护英语水平考试(METS)大纲的部分要求，针对职业院校医药类学生的具体情况进行编写。本书体现“实用为主”“够用为度”的思路，力求使教学内容与学生职业场景相结合。
本书供护理、临床医学、助产、中医学、药学等医学类及相关医学类各专业使用，亦可供有初级英语基础的医护人员在职自主学习。

Unit One
Part One Picture ~ Chart
Part Two Basic Expressions
Part Three Medical Horizon Steve Jobs Had Pancreatic Cancer
Part Four Hospital Story Life and Death in Syria's Hospital
Unit Two
Part One Picture ~ Chart
Part Two Basic Expressions
Part Three Medical Horizon OTC Drug Facts Label
Part Four Hospital Story The Story of the Creation of the Nation's First Hospital
Unit Three
Part One Picture ~ Chart
Part Two Situation Dialogue Receiving a Patient
Part Three Medical Horizon Doctors' Dirty Hands and Patients' Deaths
Part Four Hospital Story An ILL Friend Means a Real Friend
Unit Four
Part One Picture ~ Chart
Part Two Situation Dialogue Consulting a Doctor
Part Three Medical Horizon Student Awareness and Mental Health
Part Four Hospital Story Notes and Lives
Unit Five
Part One Picture ~ Chart
Part Two Situation Dialogue Admitting a Patient
Part Three Medical Horizon Influenza A Vaccine
Part Four Hospital Story Facing H1N1