A concept over-burdened: Institutional roles for psychiatric interpreters in post-apartheid South Africa

Interpreting

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-198

  Drennan, Gerard ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^b  

^a London borough of Brent   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84989366105     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.4.2.03dre     Document Type: Article

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