Not all are desired: Providers' views on interpreters' emotional support for patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Hsieh, Elaine ^a   Hong, Soo Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual health care; Emotional support; Medical interpreters; Medical interpreting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; INTERPRETER SERVICE; INTERVIEW; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957259809     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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