Eliminating Language Barriers for Non-English-Speaking Patients

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 845-856

  Hornberger, John C ^a   Gibson Jr , Count D ^a   Wood, William ^b   Dequeldre, Christian ^c   Corso, Irene ^a   Palla, Barbara ^d   Bloch, Daniel A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Design Specialists   (United States)

^c MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Language; Medical communication; Minorities; Randomized control trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; POSTNATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0030213389     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00011     Document Type: Article

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