Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues
Healthcare interpreter policy comprises both the written and the unwritten actions that affect the interpreter service, its structure, funding and service provision arrangements. A model of interpreter service policy is proposed which identifies policy determinants as being: interpreter provider fac...
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Western Sydney University
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research |
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| description | Healthcare interpreter policy comprises both the written and the unwritten actions that affect the interpreter service, its structure, funding and service provision arrangements. A model of interpreter service policy is proposed which identifies policy determinants as being: interpreter provider factors, non-English-speaking (NES) patient factors, health system factors, stakeholder factors, factors associated with non-health sectors and evidence and research. Interpreter policy is viewed as being nested within multicultural and mainstream healthcare policy.
Using this model, the article canvasses the range of factors currently influencing healthcare interpreter policy, discusses the evidence and research related to the effectiveness of current policy, and makes suggestions for future directions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f268623813204279bf149c8bd80442ba2022-12-21T18:59:11ZengWestern Sydney UniversityTranslation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research1836-93242009-12-0112Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issuesPamela Wish GarrettHealthcare interpreter policy comprises both the written and the unwritten actions that affect the interpreter service, its structure, funding and service provision arrangements. A model of interpreter service policy is proposed which identifies policy determinants as being: interpreter provider factors, non-English-speaking (NES) patient factors, health system factors, stakeholder factors, factors associated with non-health sectors and evidence and research. Interpreter policy is viewed as being nested within multicultural and mainstream healthcare policy. Using this model, the article canvasses the range of factors currently influencing healthcare interpreter policy, discusses the evidence and research related to the effectiveness of current policy, and makes suggestions for future directions.http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/26/52interpreters; interpreter policy; multicultural policy; healthcare interpreters; policy model |
| spellingShingle | Pamela Wish Garrett Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research interpreters; interpreter policy; multicultural policy; healthcare interpreters; policy model |
| title | Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues |
| title_full | Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues |
| title_fullStr | Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues |
| title_short | Interpreter Policy and Healthcare: Policy determinants and current issues |
| title_sort | interpreter policy and healthcare policy determinants and current issues |
| topic | interpreters; interpreter policy; multicultural policy; healthcare interpreters; policy model |
| url | http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/26/52 |
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