The interpreter ’s voice: Carrying the bilingual conversation in interpreter-mediated consultations in pediatric oncology care

According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and adolescents treated in healthcare are entitled to tailored information and to respect for their views and wishes according to their age and maturity [1]. Increased global migration means that many families have limited knowledge of a country ’s majority language, and this creates cultural and linguistic challenges in pediatric oncology care [2]. Parents with a foreign background find it difficult to assimilate information about their child’s illness and treatment when there are factors, such as language barriers, that hinder communi cation [3–5].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Johanna Granhagen Jungner, Elisabet Tiselius, Klas Blomgren, Kim L ützén, Pernilla Pergert Source Type: research