We report a qualitative study of accounts of interpreted consultations in UK primary care. The
study sought to explore how three Habermasian tensions between (a) system and …

In today's globalised and multilingual world, healthcare professionals assist users who do
not speak the language of the country they are living in. There is evidence of language …

Every year more than half a million people die in the United Kingdom, and most of these
deaths occur in hospitals. 1 While some deaths occur suddenly, the majority of deaths are …

While working with trained interpreters in health care is strongly recommended, few studies
have looked at the subtle differences in communication processes between trained and “ad …

In this paper, our objectives are first to explore the different ways physicians and interpreters
interact with patients' Lifeworld, and second, to describe and compare communication …

Culture drives communication across an individual's lifespan. It is widely recognized that
palliative care is a cultural event. Thus an attempt to understand how cultural systems shape …

Background Our aim was to obtain a clearer picture of the relevant care experiences and
care perceptions of incurably ill Turkish and Moroccan patients, their relatives and …

Methods An ad hoc questionnaire was prepared to measure levels of communication and
administered to 716 professionals (181 physicians, 454 nurses and 81 psychologists) …

Family members used as patients' interpreters are a common occurrence in the medical
environments of multicultural societies. It is recognized that the use of the family‐member …

OBJECTIVE: We describe and compare the perceptions of professional and family member
interpreters concerning their roles and tasks as interpreters in primary care clinical …