Family language barriers and special-needs children

Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Mosquera, Ricardo A ^a   Samuels, Cheryl ^a   Flores, Glenn ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Medica Research Institute   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE BARRIER; LENGTH OF STAY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE;

EID: 84990946676     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-0321     Document Type: Review

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