"I just answer 'yes' to everything they say": Access to health care for deaf people in Worcester, South Africa and the politics of exclusion

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 379-383

  Kritzinger, Janis ^a   Schneider, Marguerite ^a,b   Swartz, Leslie ^a   Braathen, Stine Hellum ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Deaf patients; Interpersonal factors; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894060757     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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