To 'Get by' or 'get help'? A qualitative study of physicians' challenges and dilemmas when patients have limited English proficiency

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Parsons, Janet A ^a,b   Baker, Natalie A ^a   Smith Gorvie, Telisha ^c,d   Hudak, Pamela L ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; MALE;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84901940451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004613     Document Type: Article

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