Interpreters and communication in the clinical encounter

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 509-510

  Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a   Nápoles Springer, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342748572     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00317-X     Document Type: Editorial

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