TY  - BOOK
AU  - Graz,Bertrand
AU  -  Vader,John-Paul
AU  -  Raynault,Marie-France
TI  - Refugees, Migrants, and Language Barrier: The Opinion of Practitioners on Translation Assistance Mechanisms
PY  - 2002///.
							
N1  - 55
N2  - 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
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-sante-publique-2002-1-page-75?lang=en
ER  -