Self-reported fluency in non-english languages among physicians practicing in California

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Moreno, Gerardo ^a   Walker, Kara Odom ^a   Grumbach, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 77953600190     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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