Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited english proficiency: A survey of pharmacies

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bradshaw, Michael ^a   Tomany Korman, Sandra ^a   Flores, Glenn ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Health services accessibility; Language or communication barriers; Language services; Limited English proficiency; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAFF;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 34547682082     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3151     Document Type: Review

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