Serving the hearing-impaired: An update on the use of sign-language interpreters for dental patients and their families

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 681-683

  Sfikas, Peter M ^a  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; GOVERNMENT; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035344768     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0248     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. United States of America, et al., vs. York Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.A., et al., Case No. 00-8-P-DMC (D. Maine).
2. 42 U.S.C. ss12181-12189.
3. U.S. Department of Justice Regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 36.
4. U.S. Department of Justice Interpretive Guidance, 56 Fed. Reg. 35544 et. seq.
5. Sfikas PM. Treating hearing-impaired people: a look at the use of sign interpreters in dentistry. JADA 2000;131:108-10.
6. C.F.R. ss36.303(c).
7. Aikins vs. St. Helena Hospital, 843 F. Supp. 1329 (N.D. CA 1994).
8. Bravin vs. Mount Sinai Medical Center, 115 NDLR par. 61 (S.D.N.Y. 1999).
9. National Association of the Deaf Law Center. ADA questions and answers for health care providers. Silver Spring, Md.: National Association of the Deaf Law Center.