Interpreter Use and Satisfaction with Interpersonal Aspects of Care for Spanish-Speaking Patients

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1461-1470

  Baker, David W ^a   Hayes, Risa ^b   Fortier, Julia Puebla ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Language; Patient satisfaction; Physician patient relations; Translating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0032184781     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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