Healthcare Interpreting: Discourse and Interaction: 9 (Benjamins Current Topics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027222398 ISBN 13: 9789027222398

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2007

Synopsis

This volume – the first-ever collection of research on healthcare interpreting – centers on three interrelated themes: cross-cultural communication in healthcare settings, the interactional role of persons serving as interpreters and the discourse patterns of interpreter-mediated interaction. The individual chapters, by seven innovative researchers in the area of community-based interpreting, represent a pioneering attempt to look beyond stereotypical perceptions of interpreter-mediated interactions. First published as a Special Issue of Interpreting 7:2 (2005), this volume offers insights into the impact of the interpreter – whether s/he is a trained professional or a member of the patient's family – including ways in which s/he may either facilitate or impair reliable communication between patient and healthcare provider. The five articles cover a range of settings and specialties, from general medicine to pediatrics, psychiatry and speech therapy, using languages as diverse as Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Italian and Spanish in combination with Danish, Dutch, English and French.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027222398
• ISBN 13: 9789027222398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164
• Editor: Pöchhacker Franz, Shlesinger Miriam