Inuit interpreters engaged in end-of-life care in Nunavik, Northern Quebec

Background: Inuit interpreters are key players in end-of-life (EOL) care for Nunavik patients and families. This emotionally intensive work requires expertise in French, English and Inuit dialects to negotiate linguistic and cultural challenges. Cultural differences among medical institutions and In...

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Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Hordyk, Shawn Renee, Macdonald, Mary Ellen, Brassard, Paul
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Research Article
Nunavik
inuit
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345586/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270034
https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1291868
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5345586 2023-05-15T16:54:03+02:00 Inuit interpreters engaged in end-of-life care in Nunavik, Northern Quebec Hordyk, Shawn Renee Macdonald, Mary Ellen Brassard, Paul 2017-03-07 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345586/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270034 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1291868 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345586/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1291868 © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1291868 2017-03-26T01:08:23Z Background: Inuit interpreters are key players in end-of-life (EOL) care for Nunavik patients and families. This emotionally intensive work requires expertise in French, English and Inuit dialects to negotiate linguistic and cultural challenges. Cultural differences among medical institutions and Inuit communities can lead to value conflicts and moral dilemmas as interpreters navigate how best to transmit messages of care at EOL. Text inuit Nunavik PubMed Central (PMC) Nunavik International Journal of Circumpolar Health 76 1 1291868
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