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• Title:Medical interpreting and cross-cultural communication / Claudia V. Angelelli.
  
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• Author/Creator:Angelelli, Claudia (Claudia V.)
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W62 .A533 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W62 .A533 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medicine--Translating.
  Intercultural communication.
  Translating services--California--Case studies.
  Hispanic Americans--Services for--California--Case studies.
  Hispanic Americans--Hospital care--California--Case studies.
  
• Medical Subjects: Communication Barriers--California.
  Physician-Patient Relations--California.
  Cultural Diversity--California.
  Delivery of Health Care--California.
  Hispanic Americans--California.
  Translating--California.
  
• Genre/Form:Case studies.
  
• Description:xiii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:Claudia Angelelli explores the role of medical interpreters, drawing on data from over 300 medical encounters as well as interviews with the interpreters. Bringing together literature from social theory, social psychology, and linguistic anthropology, this book will appeal to anyone concerned with the intricacies of medical interpreting, particularly researchers, communication specialists, policy makers, and practitioners.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-146) and index.
  
• ISBN:0521830265
  
• Contents:1. Questioning invisibility
  2. Communication in the medical encounter
  3. different set of lenses
  4. California hope : a public hospital in changing times
  5. Putting it all together
  6. Finding visibility
  7. Interpreters' voices
  8. Emerging metaphors and final words.