Working With Translators and Interpreters in Research: Lessons Learned

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Jones, Elaine G ^a   Boyle, Joyceen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaf culture; Dinka; interpreters; Samoan; transcultural health; translation theory; translators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; SUDAN; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NURSING RESEARCH; SUDAN; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; TRANSLATING;

EID: 79954462580     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659610395767     Document Type: Article

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