Linguistic Services in Ambulatory Clinics

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-366

  Vandervort, Elisa Brettler ^a   Melkus, Gail D'eramo ^b  

^a Otter Creek Family Health ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care clinics; language services; translation services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; CONSENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0642345297     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659603257338     Document Type: Article

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