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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796672803321

Autore

Hsieh Elaine

Titolo

Bilingual health communication : working with interpreters in cross-cultural care / / Elaine Hsieh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-65830-5

1-317-33064-1

1-317-33065-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 pages)

Disciplina

610.696

Soggetti

Physician and patient

Health facilities - Translating services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Interpreter-mediated medical encounters as a field of research -- 2. Emerging trends and corresponding challenges in bilingual health research -- 3. Innovative research designs to advance theory and practice -- 4. Conceptualizing interpreters in bilingual health communication -- 5. Model of bilingual health communication -- 6. Interpreters' perception and management of competing goals -- 7. Clinical demands and interpersonal relationships in bilingual health care -- 8. Interpreter-mediated encounters as goal-oriented communicative activity -- 9. Moving forward : theory development and practice recommendations.