Working with interpreters in cross-cultural qualitative research in the context of a developing country: Systematic literature review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1692-1706

  Shimpuku, Yoko ^a   Norr, Kathleen F ^b  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Interpreters; Literature review; Nursing research; Qualitative research; Systematic review; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; TANZANIA;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TANZANIA; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84863780572     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05951.x     Document Type: Review

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