Reducing clinical errors in cancer education: Interpreter training

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 560-564

  Gany, Francesca M ^a   Gonzalez, Carlos Javier ^a   Basu, Gaurab ^a   Hasan, Abdullah ^a   Mukherjee, Debjani ^a   Datta, Minakshi ^a   Changrani, Jyotsna ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Cancer education; Immigrant health; Language barrier; Medical interpreting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ERROR; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MULTILINGUALISM; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951723635     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0107-9     Document Type: Article

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