Interpreter Services in Healthcare
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
- Vol. 29 (6) , 23-29
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005110-199906000-00006
Abstract
The author discusses the need for interpreter services for delivering effective healthcare in a country such as Canada, which is made up of people from diverse ethnocultural and linguistic backgrounds. As well as examining the complexity of allocation decisions and policy implementation, the author proposes policy recommendations for healthcare agencies to set up integrated system of interpreter services based on cost-effective and equitable use of finite resources and partnership between agencies.Keywords
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