The California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters: Ethical principles, protocols and guidance on roles and intervention

Claudia V. Angelelli, Niels Agger-Gupta, Carola E. Green, Linda Okahara

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11 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters: Ethical Principles, Protocols, and Guidance on Roles and Intervention created by the Standards and Certification Committee of the California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA), have been in use in California since fall of 2002. The Standards document breaks new ground in its theoretical grounding in medical ethics, the use of an ethical decision-making model to resolve ethical dilemmas faced by interpreters, the guidance provided on four common medical interpreting roles, and in the extensive feedback process developed by the Association's Standard and Certification committee (S&CC) for validating the Standards by interpreters across California. This article describes the development and validation process, highlights innovative concepts, and reports on the application of the standards in California.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Critical Link 4
Subtitle of host publicationProfessionalisation of interpreting in the community
EditorsCecilia Wadensjo, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova, Anna-Lena Nilsson
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages167-177
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9789027292711
ISBN (Print)9789027216786
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event4th International Conference on Interpreting in Legal, Health and Social Service Settings 2004 - Stockholm, Sweden
Duration: 20 May 200423 May 2004

Publication series

NameBenjamins Translation Library
Volume70
ISSN (Print)0929-7316

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Interpreting in Legal, Health and Social Service Settings 2004
Country/TerritorySweden
CityStockholm
Period20/05/0423/05/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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