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Q J Med 2002; 95: 711-712
© 2002 Association of Physicians

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Interpreting illness

John Launer

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The first piece of research I ever did was a study of interpreters. I did it during a student elective in northern Nigeria, with an Medical Research Council grant that paid my fare (just). I made audiotapes of out-patient consultations between patients who spoke Hausa and doctors who spoke English but used non-medical staff as interpreters. Once I had made the tapes, I asked some local medical students, all perfectly bilingual, to listen to them and translate all the Hausa statements. I looked at what the patients had actually said and then compared this with what . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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