Interpreters as co-diagnosticians: Overlapping roles and services between providers and interpreters

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 924-937

  Hsieh, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual health communication; Cross cultural health care; Health communication; Interpreter mediated interactions; Medical interpreters; Medical interpreting; USA

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; LANGUAGE; MEDICINE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MULTILINGUALISM; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846175748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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