bedside

cabecera, lado de la cama

Lugar junto a una cama, especialmente donde alguien se sienta o permanece para cuidar a un enfermo.

En inglés sencillo: The place next to a bed, especially where someone sits or stands to care for a sick person.

• There is a lamp by my bedside.
• The nurse stood at the patient’s bedside.
• He refused to leave his daughter’s bedside.

Cómo se usa: at/by someone’s bedside (Her father sat at her bedside all night.)

Expresiones frecuentes: at the bedside, by the bedside, leave someone’s bedside

trato al paciente

En «bedside manner», la forma en que un médico habla con sus pacientes y los trata.

En inglés sencillo: In “bedside manner”, the way a doctor talks to and treats patients.

• Our doctor has a good bedside manner.
• Patients appreciated her gentle bedside manner.
• His poor bedside manner made me feel nervous.

Expresiones frecuentes: bedside manner, good bedside manner, poor bedside manner