Medical interpreter knowledge of cancer and cancer clinical trials

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3283-3292

  Donelan, Karen ^a   Hobrecker, Karin ^a   Schapira, Lidia ^b   Mailhot, Johanna R ^a   Goulart, Bernardo H ^c   Chabner, Bruce A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical trials; Disparities; Limited English proficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STANDARD; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 68549126937     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24377     Document Type: Article

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