Remote Telephone Interpretation in Medical Consultations with Refugees: Meta-communications about Care, Survival and Selfhood
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Telephone first consultations in primary care
General practice in the UK, as in many other countries, is under considerable strain. Despite rising list sizes and an increasingly elderly population with complex needs, the number of full time equivalent general practitioners has fallen. Patients report recent deterioration in the accessibility of GP services. UK health policy makers have suggested that alternatives to face to face consultati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Refugee Studies
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0951-6328,1471-6925
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fet005