Asking About the Chief Complaint (CC)

Opening question

What problems have brought you here today?
오늘 어디불편해서 오셨나요?

Tell me what problems you’ve been having.
어디가 불편한지 말씀해주세요. 

Tell me what you’ve come to see me about.
무슨 문제로 오셨는지 말씀해주세요

What’s brought you to the hospital today?

What’s been troubling you?

How can I help you?

What can I do for you?

I see that you have backache. Please tell me more about it.
두통이 있어 오신건 알고 있어요. 좀더 자세히 말씀해주시겠어요.

Follow-up question

Tell me more about the headaches.
두통에 대해 좀더 자세히 말씀해주세요

Can you tell me more about it?
좀더 자세히 설명해 주시겠어요?

Tell me all about it from the beginning.
처음부터 모두 말씀해주시겠어요?

Screening and confirming

So you’ve been having headaches and some backache. Anything else at all?
두통을 앓고 계시고 허리도 아프시고. 그 밖에 더 있나요?

So you’ve been having headaches and backache and have been feeling more tired than usual. Is that right?
두통과 요통이 있고 요즘 더 평소보다 더 피곤하시다고요. 맞나요?

Is there anything else (you want to talk about)?
말씀하시고 싶은게 더 있나요?

Agenda Setting

Okay, now I’d like to ask you a few questions about each of your symptoms. Let’s start with the headaches, and then we’ll talk about the backache, and then about the tiredness. Is that okay?
자 이제 각각 증상들에 대해 몇가지 질문을 드릴게요. 두통부터 요통 그리고 피로감 까지요 괜찮죠?