Do hospitals measure up to the national culturally and linguistically appropriate services standards?

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1080-1087

  Diamond, Lisa C ^a   Wilson Stronks, Amy ^b   Jacobs, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Joint Commission   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; federal regulations; hospitals; language barriers; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTILINGUALISM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650178907     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f380bc     Document Type: Article

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