Language barriers to health care: Federal and state initiatives, 1990-1995

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Fortier, Julia Puebla ^a   Strobel, Christopher ^b   Aguilera, Esther ^c  

^a Rsrc for Cross Cultural Health Care   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c US House of Representatives   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Health care; Language barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008804451     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0692     Document Type: Article

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