A survey of language barriers from the perspective of pediatric oncologists, interpreters, and parents

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-824

  Abbe, Marisa ^a   Simon, Christian ^b   Angiolillo, Anne ^c   Ruccione, Kathy ^d   Kodish, Eric D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Language barriers; Limited English proficiency; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGY; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749169683     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20841     Document Type: Review

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