Interpreter services in an inner city teaching hospital: A 6-year experience

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 659-662

  Khwaja, Nadeem ^a   Sharma, Saroj ^a   Wong, Julian ^a   Murray, David ^a   Ghosh, Jonathan ^a   Murphy, Michael O ^a   Halka, Anastassi T ^a   Walker, Michael G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Interpreter services; Linkworker service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSLATING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33751098234     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X130606     Document Type: Article

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