How are language barriers bridged in acute hospital care? The tale of two methods of data collection

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 755-765

  Garrett, Pamela W ^a   Forero, Roberto ^a   Dickson, Hugh G ^a   Whelan, Anna Klinken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 58149237105     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080755     Document Type: Article

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