Use and effectiveness of interpreters in an emergency department

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 783-788

  Baker, David W ^a,d   Parker, Ruth M ^a   Williams, Mark V ^a   Coates, Wendy C ^b   Pitkin, Kathryn ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029870311     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.10.783     Document Type: Article

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