Providing health care in the context of language barriers: International perspectives Book Whole

  


Editors: Jacobs, E. A.; Diamond, L. C.
Title: Providing health care in the context of language barriers: International perspectives
Abstract: Global migration continues to increase, and with it comes increasing linguistic diversity. This presents obvious challenges for both healthcare provider and patient, and the chapters in this volume represent a range of international perspectives on language barriers in health care. A variety of factors influence the best ways of approaching and overcoming these language barriers, including cultural, geographical, political and practical considerations, and as a result a range of approaches and solutions are suggested and discussed. The authors in this volume discuss a wide range of countries and languages, and cover issues that will be familiar to all healthcare practitioners, including the role of informal interpreters, interpreting in a clinical setting, bilingual healthcare practitioners and working with languages with comparatively small numbers of speakers. © 2017 Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Lisa C. Diamond and the authors of individual chapters. All rights reserved.
ISBN: 9781783097777
Publisher: Multilingual Matters  
Publication Place: Bristol, UK
Date Published: 2017-01-01
Total Pages: 246
Language: English
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Book -- DOI: 10.21832/jacobs7760 -- Export Date: 15 February 2019 -- Source: Scopus