Navigating Language Barriers: A Systematic Review of Patient Navigators’ Impact on Cancer Screening for Limited English Proficient Patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 426-434

  Genoff, Margaux C ^a,b   Zaballa, Alexandra ^c   Gany, Francesca ^a   Gonzalez, Javier ^a   Ramirez, Julia ^a   Jewell, Sarah T ^a   Diamond, Lisa C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication barriers; language; limited English proficiency; patient navigators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT NAVIGATOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT NAVIGATION;

EID: 84954476323     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3572-3     Document Type: Article

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