Alterations in medical interpretation during routine primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Jackson, J Carey ^a   Nguyen, Diem ^a,b   Hu, Nan ^b   Harris, Raymond ^a   Terasaki, Genji S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

communication barriers; interpretation; language; limited English proficiency; physician patient relations; quality of health care; translation

Indexed keywords

ALTERATIONS IN MEDICAL INTERPRETATION; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79953699936     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1519-2     Document Type: Article

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