Communicative competence: A framework for understanding language barriers in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 368-370

  Gregg, Jessica ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548976298     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0364-4     Document Type: Editorial

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