The unmet need for interpreting provision in UK primary care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gill, Paramjit S ^a   Beavan, Jacqueline ^a   Calvert, Melanie ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; DOCUMENTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79958746703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020837     Document Type: Article

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