Communication at the health care coalface: lessons from selected clinics in Port Elizabeth

Title: Communication at the health care coalface: lessons from selected clinics in Port Elizabeth
Creator: Mbengo, Nomatshawe
Subject: Communication in medicine -- Research -- South Africa Community health services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Social medicine -- Research -- South Africa Medical care -- Research -- South Africa
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:3591
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002166
Description: This thesis analyses the state of health care in South Africa with particular reference to a clinic and the Provincial Hospital in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The complexities of health care provision in a diverse sociolinguistic environment where certain languages are emphasized over others, forms the cornerstone of the research. The research focuses on health care in a complex multi-cultural environment. The goal of the research is to present a coherent and robust translation framework for the development of suitable materials to enhance communication across language and cultural barriers in the health care sector. A model (based on research completed in the USA) is presented as a possible alternative in the final chapter of the thesis.
Format: 175 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages
Language: English
Rights: Mbengo, Nomatshawe

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