Access to interpreting services in England: Secondary analysis of national data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gill, Paramjit S ^a   Shankar, Aparna ^a   Quirke, Terry ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149095785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-12     Document Type: Article

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