Why culture and language matter: The clinical consequences of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services to children in the emergency department

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 76-84

  Taveras, Elsie M ^a   Flores, Gleen ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942691578     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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