Refugees, Migrants, and Language Barrier: The Opinion of Practitioners on Translation Assistance Mechanisms
Graz, Bertrand
Refugees, Migrants, and Language Barrier: The Opinion of Practitioners on Translation Assistance Mechanisms - 2002.
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When the patient and caregiver do not share a common language, an interpreter is not always the best solution, and in any case, one cannot be present for every visit, especially in the case of an emergency. According to a questionnaire that was sent to all of the physicians who are members of a health care network for asylum seekers in the Swiss canton of Vaud (n = 169), it appears that 45 % of practitioners found a telephone translation service to be a practical solution, and 58 % would like medical glossaries with phonetic pronunciation and visual illustrations made available. With a response rate of 91 %, it is estimated that these two types of services would be used as often as qualified interpreters, if they were made available. Other translating aids are also proposed.
Refugees, Migrants, and Language Barrier: The Opinion of Practitioners on Translation Assistance Mechanisms - 2002.
55
When the patient and caregiver do not share a common language, an interpreter is not always the best solution, and in any case, one cannot be present for every visit, especially in the case of an emergency. According to a questionnaire that was sent to all of the physicians who are members of a health care network for asylum seekers in the Swiss canton of Vaud (n = 169), it appears that 45 % of practitioners found a telephone translation service to be a practical solution, and 58 % would like medical glossaries with phonetic pronunciation and visual illustrations made available. With a response rate of 91 %, it is estimated that these two types of services would be used as often as qualified interpreters, if they were made available. Other translating aids are also proposed.
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