Interpreter services, language concordance, and health care quality: Experiences of Asian Americans with limited english proficiency

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1050-1056

  Green, Alexander R ^a   Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^b   Legedza, Anna T R ^c   Massagli, Michael P ^d   Phillips, Russell S ^c   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Communication; Immigrant health; Interpreters; Language barriers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING; VIETNAM;

EID: 28444476253     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0223.x     Document Type: Article

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