Appropriate use of medical interpreters

American Family Physician

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 476-480

  Juckett, Gregory ^a   Unger, Kendra ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL INTERPRETER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930246150     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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