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Publication details [#66078]

Phipps, Alison, Niamh Stack, Teresa Piacentini, Catherine O'Donnell and Ima Jackson. 2019. Moving beyond the ‘language problem’: developing an understanding of the intersections of health, language and immigration status in interpreter-mediated health encounters. Language and Intercultural Communication 19 (3) : 256–271.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
health | immigrant | intercultural communication | interpreting | language | patient
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This assay of the experiences of (immigrant) patients, health care providers and interpreters in Scotland proves the need to move beyond language, addressing multiple hidden disparities in health care access and provision that function in both clinic and, particularly, home-based contexts.