Percepcions dels professionals sanitaris sobre les barreres lingüístiques en el sistema públic de salut a Catalunya
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Aquest article presenta els resultats d’un estudi quantitatiu exploratori sobre la situació de la comunicació entre el personal sanitari del sistema públic català i els usuaris que tenen un coneixement limitat de les llengües oficials de Catalunya. L’objectiu de l’estudi és oferir una visió global i amb una base empírica de l’estat actual de la comunicació intercultural en el sistema públic de salut català –tant amb la mediació de tercers com sense– a partir de la percepció que en tenen els professionals sanitaris. Les dades es van recollir mitjançant un qüestionari estructurat administrat a professionals que treballen en l’atenció directa als pacients en centres públics de salut de Catalunya, que va permetre obtenir una mostra de 1.390 participants. Els resultats posen de manifest l’alta freqüència i el fort impacte de les barreres lingüístiques en les interaccions clíniques, així com mancances notables en els recursos disponibles actualment per afrontar aquests reptes.
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