Healthcare staffs perceptions of using interpreters: A qualitative study

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-270

  Hadziabdic, Emina ^a   Albin, Björn ^a   Heikkilä, Kristiina ^a   Hjelm, Katarina ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

communication; healthcare professionals; qualitative content analysis; utilization of interpreters; written descriptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011463082     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S146342361000006X     Document Type: Article

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