A bridge between cultures: Interpreters' perspectives of consultations with migrant oncology patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-244

  Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Lobb, Elizabeth ^a   Jefford, Michael ^b   Goldstein, David ^c   Eisenbruch, Maurice ^d   Girgis, Afaf ^e   King, Madeleine ^a   Sze, Ming ^a   Aldridge, Lynley ^a   Schofield, Penelope ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Challenges; Medical interpretation; Oncology; Professional roles

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPRETER; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MALE; MIGRATION; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84855191746     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1046-z     Document Type: Review

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