The Impact of Language as a Barrier to Effective Health Care in an Underserved Urban Hispanic Community

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 393-397

  David, Rand A ^a,b   Rhee, Michelle ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Hispanic; Language; Non English speaking; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY AREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032193437     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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