“I am not a robot!” Interpreters' Views of Their Roles in Health Care Settings

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dc.contributor.authorElaine Hsieh
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:33:23Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:22Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:33:23Z
dc.date.issued2008-10-01
dc.description.abstractIn this study, I examined interpreters' self-perceived roles and their corresponding communicative goals and strategies. Twenty-six professional interpreters (of 17 languages), 4 patients, and 12 health care providers were recruited for this study, which involved participant observation of medical encounters and in-depth interviews. Constant comparative analysis was used to generate a typology of interpreters' self-perceived roles, which are different from the roles they learned in their training. Different roles reflect differences in interpreters' concern for other participants' goals, institutional goals, and their own communicative goals. Interpreters' desire to maintain neutrality during the medical encounters influences the communicative strategies they adopt when assuming other roles. I conclude the article with the theoretical and practical implications of interpreters' self-perceived roles.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationHsieh, E. (2008). “I am not a robot!” Interpreters' Views of Their Roles in Health Care Settings. Qualitative Health Research, 18(10), 1367-1383. doi: 10.1177/1049732308323840en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1049732308323840en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25213
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherQualitative Health Research
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectdoctor–patienten_US
dc.subjectconversation analysisen_US
dc.subjectcultural competenceen_US
dc.subjectparticipant observationen_US
dc.title“I am not a robot!” Interpreters' Views of Their Roles in Health Care Settingsen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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