"I am not a robot!" interpreters' views of their roles in health care settings

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1367-1383

  Hsieh, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Conversation analysis; Cultural competence; Doctor patient; Participant observation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 52349096111     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308323840     Document Type: Article

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