Language barriers and the use of interpreters in the public health services. A questionnaire-based survey

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-191

  Kale, Emine ^a   Syed, Hammad Raza ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Veum Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Access to health services; Communication; Intercultural communication; Language barriers; Minority health; Use of interpreters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELATIVE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL WORKER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77957260965     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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