Bilingual Patient Navigator or Healthcare Interpreter: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?
Bilingual Patient Navigator or Healthcare Interpreter: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?
Date
2019
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Journal Article
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
A lot of studies have been conducted examining the roles of Patient Navigators in various healthcare settings. Little research is available to date on the roles of bilingual Patient Navigators. This article combines a comparative review of the literature around Patient Navigator roles with findings from a study examining the role of bilingual Patient Navigators at Seattle Children's Hospital.
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Patient navigators , Healthcare interpreters , Health interpreter
Source
Cogent Medicine, 6:1, DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2019.1582576
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© 2019 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.