Description: Providing Health Care in the Context of Language Barriers : International Perspectives, Paperback by Jacobs, Elizabeth A. (EDT); Diamond, Lisa C. (EDT), ISBN 1783097752, ISBN-13 9781783097753, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Contributed by health and other specialists from Europe, New Zealand, and the US, the 12 essays in this volume outline different approaches to overcoming language barriers in health care, their advantages and disadvantages, and issues for specific contexts or linguistic groups. They discuss the impact of domestic and international migration, providing linguistic access, bilingual health care, working with interpreters in psychological assessment and psychotherapy, working with patients who bring informal interpreters, the international literature on overcoming language barriers in health care, language concordance between limited English proficient patients and their clinicians, identifying the needs of bilingual speakers, engaging the community to develop solutions for languages spoken by small populations, and case studies of New Zealand, Australia, and the Chinese population in the UK. Distributed by National Book Network. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Providing Health Care in the Context of Language Barriers : Inter
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Providing Health Care in the Context of Language Barriers : International Perspectives
Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Subject: Health Care Delivery, Physician & Patient, Emigration & Immigration, General, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Medical
Author: Lisa C. Diamond
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
