Overview
This collection consists of ten chapters contributed by a broad array of international scholars addressing diverse topics while using a variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, questionnaires, observation, and diary accounts. Researchers, practitioners, and students, as well as all healthcare professionals, will find this volume to be an invaluable resource.
Full Product Details
Author: Melanie Metzger ,
Brenda Nicodemus
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
Imprint: Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
Volume: 12
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.739kg
ISBN: 9781563686122
ISBN 10: 1563686120
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 05 September 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""This book illuminates critical features that comprise interpreted medical encounters and offers valuable contributions to the emerging specialty area of health care interpreting.""--Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education ""Investigations in Healthcare Interpreting is a much-needed volume that brings together empirical studies of interpreter-mediated communication through spoken or sign languages in medical settings in different countries. All studies are unique in their foci, analytical frameworks, scope and depth of research while addressing common issues of interpreter-mediated communication in medical settings."" --Translation and Interpreting Studies"
This book illuminates critical features that comprise interpreted medical encounters and offers valuable contributions to the emerging specialty area of health care interpreting. --Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Investigations in Healthcare Interpreting is a much-needed volume that brings together empirical studies of interpreter-mediated communication through spoken or sign languages in medical settings in different countries. All studies are unique in their foci, analytical frameworks, scope and depth of research while addressing common issues of interpreter-mediated communication in medical settings. --Translation and Interpreting Studies
Author Information
Brenda Nicodemus is Associate Professor and Director of the Research Center, Department of Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Melanie Metzger is Professor and Chair, Department of Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
