Bridging language and cultural barriers between physicians and patients

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 410-417

  Hornberger, John ^a,b   Itakura, Haruka ^a,b   Wilson, Sandra R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept Hlth Res Plcy and of Med ^*

^c American Institutes of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030880480     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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