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[The community interpreter: a central role in the puzzle of the intercultural consultation]
F Faucherre1, O Weber, P Singy
1Département de psychiatrie, CHUV, Les Allières, 1011 Lausanne. florence.faucherre@chuv.ch
Abstract:
As a consequence of growing global migration, physicians in French speaking Switzerland often face communicational difficulties with allophone patients. This paper first discusses advantages and shortcomings of various ways of dealing with this kind of situations. The indication of using professional interpreters will be addressed, as well as some specific therapeutic, linguistic and relational features of triadic consultations involving a physician, a patient and an interpreter. Finally, useful practical information and advices are provided to clinicians in order to help them optimize their consultations with allophone patients.
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