Self-perceived need for interpreter among immigrants in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-465

  Harpelund, Lars ^a   Nielsen, Signe Smith ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication; ethnic minority; immigrants; inequality; interpreter; language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; TIME; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMALIA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 84865276016     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812454234     Document Type: Article

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