Improving access for limited English-speaking consumers: A review of strategies in health care settings

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Riddick, Sherry ^a  

^a Cross Cultural Health Care Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual providers; Community health centers; Community health workers; Health care access; Hospitals; Interpreters; Language barriers; Managed care organizations; Public health departments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002442941     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0672     Document Type: Article

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