Communication through Interpreters in Healthcare: Ethical Dilemmas Arising from Differences in Class, Culture, Language, and Power

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-87

  Kaufert, Joseph M ^a   Putsch, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; SEATTLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WINNIPEG;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SEATTLE; WINNIPEG;

AGED; CODES OF ETHICS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSLATING; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031087894     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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