Access to care in sign language: the French experience

Access to care in sign language: the French experience

Highlights • Linguistic and cultural obstacles hamper access to health care for deaf people. • In France, access to care in sign language has been developed on national level. • Recruitment has reached 13,596 deaf patients as of the end of 2013. • Recruitment has reached up to 53% of the estimated d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public health (London) 2016-08, Vol.137, p.200-203
Hauptverfasser: Drion, B, Buhler, L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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France
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Persons With Hearing Impairments
Sign Language
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Linguistic and cultural obstacles hamper access to health care for deaf people. • In France, access to care in sign language has been developed on national level. • Recruitment has reached 13,596 deaf patients as of the end of 2013. • Recruitment has reached up to 53% of the estimated deaf population in our region. • The activity level underscores a precarious cultural and linguistic situation.
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2016.01.018