Questions in cross-linguistic medical encounters: The role of the hospital interpreter

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 170-178

  Davidson, Brad ^a  

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Author keywords

Cross cultural discourse; Discourse analysis; Interpreting; Medical discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540284     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2001.0035     Document Type: Review

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