Increasing Latino Access to Quality Health Care: Spanish Language Training for Health Professionals

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-49

  Bender, Deborah E ^a   Harlan, Christina ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844307963     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200501000-00008     Document Type: Editorial

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