Interpretation in consultations with immigrant patients with cancer: How accurate is it?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2801-2807

  Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Goldstein, David ^b   Bell, Melaine L ^a   Sze, Ming ^a   Aldridge, Lynley J ^a   Abdo, Sarah ^a   Tanious, Michelle ^a   Dong, Skye ^a   Iedema, Rick ^c   Vardy, Janette ^d   Ashgari, Ray ^e   Hui, Rina ^f,g   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^e BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 79960261578     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.34.3335     Document Type: Article

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