Patients who do not speak the same language as their healthcare professional receive
limited health services compared with those who do, which may result in poor health …

South African speech-language and hearing (SLH) professions are facing significant
challenges in the provision of clinical services to patients from a context that is culturally and …

This volume is the first to address multilingual healthcare communication around the globe
and focuses on institutional, social and linguistic challenges and resources of the healthcare …

There has been a longstanding call to employ trained interpreters to address language
barriers in health care in South Africa. The international literature shows that while trained …

Transformation of the existing health care system to one relevant to the needs of all its
people, is the vision to which South African health providers aspire. This move towards more …

Abstract KHOZA-SHANGASE, Katijah and MOPHOSHO, Munyane. Language and culture in
speech-language and hearing professions in South Africa: The dangers of a single story. S …

Linguistic diversity within the clinic is gradually attracting more and more interest and
acknowledgement as an area of research need. The management of cultural and linguistic …

Audiologists and speech-language therapists working in developing contexts like South
Africa have the opportunity to address a range of needs through their research. One of these …

Managers of health care services are seeking new opportunities to improve communication
with clients who havelimited English proficiency. An increase in bilingual health staff and the …

In order to achieve the aims set out in South Africa's National Policy on Quality in Health
Care (2007: 4), the gap between standards and actual practice must be measured, reduced …