Impact of language proficiency testing on provider use of Spanish for clinical care

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lion, K Casey ^a,b   Thompson, Darcy A ^c   Cowden, John D ^d   Michel, Eriberto ^b   Rafton, Sarah A ^b   Hamdy, Rana F ^c   Killough, Emily Fitch ^d   Fernandez, Juan ^b   Ebel, Beth E ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Hispanic Americans; Language; Multilingualism; Physician patient relations; Self assessment; Translating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SPANISH; TELECONSULTATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863506624     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2794     Document Type: Article

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