Impact of Language Barrier on Acute Care Medical Professionals Is Dependent Upon Role

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 355-358

  Bernard, Andrew ^a   Whitaker, Misty ^b   Ray, Myrna ^b   Rockich, Anna ^a   Barton Baxter, Marietta ^a   Barnes, Stephen L ^a   Boulanger, Bernard ^a   Tsuei, Betty ^a   Kearney, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier; Communication; Quality; Spanish; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33751405925     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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