Communication models, professionalization, and the work of medical interpreters

Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Dysart Gale, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 13444268966     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1701_6     Document Type: Review

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