Interpreting in Swiss hospitals

Interpreting

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-204

  Bischoff, Alexander ^a   Loutan, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allophone patients; Communication strategies; Health care; Trained interpreters

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248741133     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.6.2.04bis     Document Type: Article

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