OBJECTIVE: To examine professional medical interpreters' perspectives of in-person and
remote interpreting modalities. METHODS: Survey of interpreters at three medical centers …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Using trained interpreters to provide medical interpretation
services is superior to services provided on an ad hoc basis, but little is known about the …

Background. It is important for physicians to recognize and address potential cross-cultural
communication barriers with their patients. Several studies have demonstrated the …

OBJECTIVE: This paper explores physician perceptions of the ways professional and family
interpreters affect their performance of doctor-communication tasks described in the Calgary …

We explored the feasibility and acceptability of the remote provision of a language
interpretation service during general practice consultations. Three methods were used to …

Abstract In 2015, at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in New
Orleans, USA, we formed a symposium panel to discuss and debate how interdisciplinary …

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

Objective This review was conducted to identify and synthesise the evidence around the use
of telephone and video interpreter services compared with in-person services in healthcare …

BACKGROUND: Numerous articles have detailed how the presence of an interpreter leads
to less satisfactory communication with physicians; few have studied how actual …

A growing number of health institutions are employing medical interpreters, bilingual
individuals who facilitate communication between health care providers and patients …