Challenging Linguistic Barriers to Health Care: Students as Medical Interpreters

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-122

  Monroe, Alicia D ^a,c   Shirazian, Taraneh ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RHODE ISLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 1542288757     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200402000-00004     Document Type: Review

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