Language access and Latino health care disparities

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1009-1011

  Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 37349050612     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31815b9440     Document Type: Editorial

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