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Healthcare interpreting
- Introduction
- From ad hoc activity to standard of care
- A timeline
- Healthcare interpreting today
- Is healthcare interpreting different from interpreting in other settings?
- The day-to-day work of healthcare interpreters
- Qualifications to work in the field
- Critical issues in healthcare interpreting
- Future directions
- Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
Abstract
When a patient who does not speak English comes to the hospital, everything is foreign. The sights are foreign, the smells are foreign, the sounds are foreign. Everything is strange and frightening. The only thing that is familiar, the only thing that gives hope, is the voice of the interpreter.
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