The role of advocacy and interpretation services in the delivery of quality healthcare to diverse minority communities in London, United Kingdom

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 636-646

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Newbigging, Karen ^b   Roth, Carolyn ^c   Malik, Farida ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingual multilingual advocacy; BME; Culture; Ethnic; Healthcare; Interpretation; Language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ADVOCACY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 70350099240     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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