Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited English proficiency

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^a   Chen, Alice Hm ^b   Sarkar, Urmimala ^c   Schoua Glusberg, Alisu ^d   Lindquist, Lee A ^a   Schillinger, Dean ^c   Wolf, Michael S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Research Support Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Medication; Prescription; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG LABELING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLICATION;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84860430526     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0000     Document Type: Article

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