What do we know about patient-clinician interactions with interpreters?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-341

  Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a   Karliner, Leah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84878859361     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2290-3     Document Type: Review

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