Language barriers in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 281-282

  Saha, Somnath ^a,b   Fernandez, Alicia ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448964813     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0373-3     Document Type: Editorial

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2. Lee KC, Winickoff JP, Kim MK, et al. Resident physicians' use of professional and nonprofessional interpreters: a national survey. JAMA. 2006;296(9):1050-3.