Interpreter perspectives of in-person, telephonic, and videoconferencing medical interpretation in clinical encounters

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-232

  Price, Erika Leemann ^a   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a   Nickleach, Dana ^a   López, Monica ^a   Karliner, Leah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpreter perspective; Language access; Medical interpretation; Remote interpretation; Videoconferencing medical interpretation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; TELEPHONE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; TRANSLATING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84860366060     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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