"Communication Barriers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups.
| Descriptor ID |
D003144
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.143.230
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| Concept/Terms |
Communication Barriers- Communication Barriers
- Barrier, Communication
- Barriers, Communication
- Communication Barrier
Language Barriers- Language Barriers
- Barrier, Language
- Barriers, Language
- Language Barrier
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communication Barriers" by people in Profiles.
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Creating a Tool to Assess Interpretive Services Perceptions at a Hospital System Level. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct; 23(5):1116-1120.
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Rethinking Interpreter Functions in Mental Health Services. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 03 01; 72(3):353-357.
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Barriers and strategies for oral medication adherence among children and adolescents with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 May; 139:24-31.
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Reconceptulizing Language Discordance: Meanings and Experiences of Language Barriers in the U.S. and Taiwan. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 02; 20(1):1-4.
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Not just "getting by": factors influencing providers' choice of interpreters. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan; 30(1):75-82.
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Medical interpreters as tools: dangers and challenges in the utilitarian approach to interpreters' roles and functions. Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Oct; 89(1):158-62.
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That I won't translate! Experiences of a family medical interpreter in a multicultural environment. Mt Sinai J Med. 2010 Jul-Aug; 77(4):389-93.
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Not all are desired: providers' views on interpreters' emotional support for patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Nov; 81(2):192-7.
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Provider-interpreter collaboration in bilingual health care: competitions of control over interpreter-mediated interactions. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Feb; 78(2):154-9.
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Barriers to, and facilitators of post-operative pain management in Iranian nursing: a qualitative research study. Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Dec; 55(4):468-75.