Interpreting for the Community
Medical/Dental Interpreting: Interpreting which facilitates communication between people speaking different languages in health care settings (patient to doctor, doctor to doctor, etc).
Interpreting Settings
  Medical/Dental
Legal
Business
Education
Faith-related
Certification/Training
Ethics Code
History
Remote Interpreting
LINKS TO MEDICAL INTERPRETING

*National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
http://www.ncihc.org/
"NCIHC is a multidisciplinary organization based in the United States whose mission is to promote culturally competent professional health care interpreting as a means to support equal access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency."

*CCHCP (Cross Cultural Health Care Program)
http://www.xculture.org/training/overview/interpreter/
CCHCP offers a basic/intermediate training course for medical interpreters. The web site provides information concerning the CCHCP programs and other medical interpreting training programs in the United States and Canada.

Dental Interpreting Glossary
(pdf - viewing format)

Dental Interpreting Glossary
(publisher - printing format)

*courtesy of Romance Languages Department, Wake Forest University


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