Providing Health Care in the Context of Language Barriers ：International Perspectives ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：International Perspectives

Publication series ：1

Author： Jacobs   Elizabeth A.;Diamond   Lisa C.  

Publisher： Channel View Publications‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9781783097777

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783097753

Subject： D523.8 移民、侨民;D523.91 难民;H0 Linguistics;H059 translatology;R1 Preventive Medicine , Health;R5 Internal Medicine

Keyword： 内科学,预防医学、卫生学,难民,移民、侨民,世界政治,翻译学,语言学

Language： ENG

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Description

Global migration continues to increase, and with it linguistic diversity. This presents obvious challenges for both healthcare provider and patient, and the chapters in this volume represent international perspectives on language barriers in health care. Solutions and approaches, as well as the importance of local context, are discussed.

Chapter

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

1 The Drivers of Demandfor Language Services in Health Care

2 Three Critical Steps to Enhance Delivery of Language Services in Health Care

3 Conceptualizing Bilingual Health Communication: A Theory-based Approach to Interpreter-mediated Medical Encounters

4 Challenges to and Recommendations for Working with a Community Interpreter in Mental Health: A Canadian Perspective

5 Toward a Theoretical Framework of Informal Interpreting in Health Care: Explaining the Effects of Role Conflict on Control, Power and Trust in Interpreter-mediated Encounters

6 Understanding the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Diversity of Approaches to Overcoming Language Barriers in Medical Encounters

7 Language Concordance Between Limited English Proficient Patients and Their Clinicians

8 Breaking the Silence: Identifying the Needs of Bilingual Speakers in Health Care

9 Engaging the Community to Develop Solutions for Languages of Lesser Diffusion

10 Chinese Voices: Improving Access to Health Care

11 A New Zealand Perspective on Providing Health Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency

12 Toward a New Approach for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Health Care: A Case Study of Developments in Victoria, Australia

Epilogue

Glossary

Index

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