Conflicts in how interpreters manage their roles in provider-patient interactions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 721-730

  Hsieh, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpreters' roles; Language; Medical interpreting; Patient provider interactions; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LANGUAGE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TRANSLATING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144491842     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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