Emergency communications with limited-english-proficiency populations

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Meischke, Hendrika ^a   Chavez, Devora ^a   Bradley, Steve ^a   Rea, Tom ^a   Eisenberg, Mickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatch; EMS; English proficiency; Language proficiency; Literacy; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749288945     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903120903524948     Document Type: Article

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