Linguistic competence/Language Access Services (LAS) in end-of-life and palliative care: A social work leadership imperative

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-31

  Le Sage, Margie Rodríguez ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Language access services; Language diversity; Limited English proficiency; Linguistic competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247122419     PISSN: 15524256     EISSN: 15524264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J457v02n04_02     Document Type: Article

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