Interviewing patients using interpreters in an oncology setting: Initial evaluation of a communication skills module

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  di Ciccone, B Lubrano ^a   Brown, R F ^b   Gueguen, J A ^a   Bylund, C L ^a   Kissane, D W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills training; Interpreters; LEP; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNICATION SKILL TRAINING; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 77949320148     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp289     Document Type: Article

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