Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature

LS Karliner, EA Jacobs, AH Chen… - Health services …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… peer-reviewed English-language publication; (2) contained data about use of professional
medical interpreters and a relevant clinical topic; and (3) compared results for the group using …

Interpreters and communication in the clinical encounter

EJ Pérez-Stable, A Nápoles-Springer - … American Journal of Medicine, 2000 - amjmed.com
… The field of medical interpretation would benefit from the establishment of professional
standards with input from trained interpreters, patients, and clinicians. Standardized instruments …

The importance of teaching clinicians when and how to work with interpreters

EA Jacobs, LC Diamond, L Stevak - Patient education and counseling, 2010 - Elsevier
… make clinicians and interpreters’ jobs easier and more transparent, and improve patient care
… The information I obtain using a trained medical interpreter is accurate Greater agreement <…

Medical interpreters in outpatient practice

B Jacobs, AM Ryan, KS Henrichs… - … of Family Medicine, 2018 - Annals Family Med
… This type of training will give cliniciansmedical interpreter, how to make the clinical encounter
go smoothly to provide the best care to patients, and other tips for working with interpreters

Errors of medical interpretation and their potential clinical consequences: a comparison of professional versus ad hoc versus no interpreters

G Flores, M Abreu, CP Barone, R Bachur… - … of emergency medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
… errors in medical interpretation and their potential clinical consequences among professional
hospital interpreters, ad hoc interpreters, and encounters with no interpreters. The aim, …

The roles of medical interpreters in intensive care unit communication: a qualitative study

NRE Suarez, M Urtecho, S Jubran, ME Yeow… - Patient education and …, 2021 - Elsevier
interpreters’ roles mediate effects on cliniciansclinicians in understanding patient and family
backgrounds, in fact this is bidirectional and interpreter cultural brokering can assist patients

Forgotten in the crowd: A qualitative study of medical interpreters' role in medical teams

Z Latif, T Makuvire, SL Feder, J Crocker… - … of hospital medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Medical interpreters improve communication and often assume … clinical encounters. We
sought to explore the perspectives of medical interpreters regarding their role within medical

Communication about end-of-life care between language-discordant patients and clinicians: insights from medical interpreters

WM Norris, MD Wenrich, EL Nielsen… - … of palliative medicine, 2005 - liebertpub.com
medical interpreters. We asked open-ended questions concerning physician and interpreter
… Results were presented to an additional 3 focus groups with 25 medical interpreters to …

Interpreter perspectives of in-person, telephonic, and videoconferencing medical interpretation in clinical encounters

EL Price, EJ Pérez-Stable, D Nickleach… - Patient education and …, 2012 - Elsevier
… one patient or clinician's experience may be limited to a few specific kinds of clinical
interactions, a professional medical interpreter typically has experience in a wide variety of clinical

The impact of medical interpreter services on the quality of health care: a systematic review

G Flores - Medical care research and review, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
… of medical interpreter services on health care quality. Asystematic literature review was
conducted on the impact of interpreter … when LEP patients need but do not get interpreters. LEP …