Testing of a verbal assessment tool of english proficiency for use in the healthcare setting

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 795-798

  Downey, La Vonne A ^a   Zun, Leslie ^b,c  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Language; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SAMPLING; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447529241     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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