What is it about?
How do migrant patients participate in the consultation when an interpreter is present? How do doctors provide information to or elicit information from migrant patients when they need to communicate through an interpreter? This paper shows for the first time that interpreters use verbal and non-verbal means that enhance patient participation.
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Why is it important?
The findings of this study are important because they provide new and previously unexplored insights into doctor-patient communication through interpreters. The findings are important both for doctors and interpreters who want to reflect on their own practice.
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This page is a summary of: How interpreters influence patient participation in medical consultations: The confluence of verbal and nonverbal dimensions of interpreter-mediated clinical communication, Patient Education and Counseling, May 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.05.006.
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