Misinterpretation: Language proficiency, recent immigrants, and global health disparities

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1899-1901

  Pottie, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; REFUGEE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DOWN SYNDROME; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38449115181     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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