Due to ongoing globalization and migration waves, healthcare providers are increasingly
caring for patients from diverse cultural and/or ethnic minority backgrounds. Adequate health …

Objective To investigate how empathic communication is expressed in interpreter-mediated
consultations (IMCs) and the interpreter's effect on it. Methods We coded 20 authentic video …

Purpose: This study explored nursing experiences using interpreters in primary healthcare
settings. Methods: Eight nurses in southern Sweden were subjected to semistructured …

The well-structured medical communication models that are typically described in textbooks
are relevant to practice, but the actual messy interactional realities of consultations are often …

This paper explores multilingual hospital encounters in which medical professionals and
patients do not speak the same language, and where interpreting is facilitated through the …

In today's multilingual and multicultural societies, healthcare interpreters are increasingly
needed to mitigate communication barriers in language-discordant, intercultural medical …

Background Access to up-to-date patient medical history is essential for dental clinicians
(DCs) to avoid potential harm to patients and to improve dental treatment outcomes. The …

The conceptual vagueness surrounding the role of the public service interpreter can hinder
collaboration between interpreters and providers. Inspired by Mason's work on interpreter …

With increasing global migration, health care providers and patients may lack a shared
language. Interpreters help to secure understanding. Doctors and patients cannot evaluate …

Purpose The medical consultation is one of the requirements in diseases diagnosis and
patient treatment. In addition, a high-quality consultation is a fundamental demand of …