Overcoming language barriers

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1058-1060

  Levin, M E ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33750487518     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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