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You have full text access to this OnlineOpen articleCommunicating With Foreign Language–Speaking Patients: Is Access to Professional Interpreters Enough?
Alexander Bischoff PhD, RN, MPH1,2,*, Patricia Hudelson PhD, MA2,3Article first published online: 5 MAY 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00314.x

© 2009 International Society of Travel Medicine
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Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1, pages 15–20, January/February 2010
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Bischoff, A. and Hudelson, P. (2010), Communicating With Foreign Language–Speaking Patients: Is Access to Professional Interpreters Enough?. Journal of Travel Medicine, 17: 15–20. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00314.x

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1Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2Department of Community
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