Quality in medical translations: A review

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-84

  Garcia Castillo, Daniela ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UM ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Cross cultural comparison; Cultural background; Cultural characteristics; Language; Linguistics; Multilingualism; Translation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 33947540828     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0009     Document Type: Review

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