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BS ISO 21998:2020

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Interpreting services. Healthcare interpreting. Requirements and recommendations

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BSI 2020 28
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This document specifies requirements and recommendations for healthcare interpreting services in spoken and signed communication. It is applicable to all situations requiring healthcare interpreting, where the parties involved need to communicate using spoken or signed language, to treat a health-related issue. It is intended for interpreting service providers and healthcare interpreters.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
6 Foreword
7 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Terms related to people involved in interpreting and to modes of interpreting
12 3.2 Terms related to translation
3.3 Terms related to interpreting settings and specializations
13 3.4 Terms related to language
14 4 Healthcare interpreter competences
4.1 Patient safety competence
4.2 Linguistic proficiency competence
15 4.3 Intercultural competence
4.4 Interpersonal competence
4.5 Technical competence
4.6 Competence in health-related terminological research
4.7 Healthcare related competence
4.8 Communicative competence
16 4.9 Interpreting competence
4.10 Entrepreneurial competence
5 Healthcare interpreting qualifications
6 Linguistic assistance
7 Authorization as healthcare interpreter
17 8 Professional development ā€” Continuing education
9 Responsibilities of interpreting service providers and interpreters
9.1 Responsibilities of the interpreting service providers
18 9.2 Responsibilities of healthcare interpreters
20 Annex A (informative) Selection of the interpreting mode
21 Annex B (informative) Selection of the interpreting modality
23 Annex C (informative) Self-care and vicarious trauma
24 Bibliography
BS ISO 21998:2020
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