Addressing language barriers: Building response capacity for a changing nation

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 347-349

  Partida, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpreter; Language barriers; LEP; Patient safety; Patient provider communication; Quality

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE BARRIER; SHORT SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FOUNDATIONS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35449007327     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0367-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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