Interpreting in Health Settings

Interpreting in Medical Settings
Standard Practice Paper from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. It is the mission of RID to provide international, national, regional, state, and local forums and an organizational structure for the continued growth and development of the professions of interpretation and transliteration of American Sign Language and English.

Interpreting in Mental Health Settings
Standard Practice Paper from RID

Deafdoc.org/

DeafDOC.org is your site for free, reliable healthcare information, both directly and indirectly, for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HOH) community. DeafDOC has separate areas for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HOH) community, Interpreters, Healthcare and Educational Providers and Institutions and others.

Stanford University Health Services
Interpreter Services: Internship Program, Volunteer Interpreter Program, Interpreting & Cultural Competency Educational Training, & Code of ethics for medical interpreters and translators

The Duty of Health Care Professionals to Provide Sign Language Interpreters
PDF file from the The Arizona Center for Disability Law. The ACDL advocates for the legal rights of persons with disabilities to be free from abuse, neglect and discrimination & to have access to education, health care, housing and jobs, and other services in order to maximize independence and achieve equality.

Using a Mental Health Interpreter: What to Expect
The University of California Center on Deafness is committed to providing quality and innovative mental health and substance abuse services for individuals who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have hearing loss and their families; and advancing the skills and knowledge of professionals and the community through its training programs and dissemination of written and video materials in the area of mental health and deafness/hearing loss.

Preparing for Deaf Patients in a Mental health Crisis Unit
This document is from the University of California Center on Deafness.

AA (and other 12-step) Meetings
by Kayla E.J. Kirkpatrick
This situational study examines and analyzes Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meetings for a sign language interpreter. First, it considers the typical setting of an AA meeting with all hearing participants, and then examines how the environment may or may not change when an interpreter and Deaf participant becomes involved. The study covers the different "values, specialized language, text materials, and goals" of AA.

Rape & RAD: Rape Aggression Defense Systems
by Greta Glielmi and Bethaney Long
This paper explains the technical aspects of rape, what the Rape Aggression Defense System program is like and how interpreters and Deaf participants fit into a hearing group program. The authors both attended an RAD class and provide excellent background knowledge for an interpreter entering an assignment that revolves around the issues of rape.

Interpreting an Annual Eye Exam
by Dina Preis
This paper considers the setting of an eye examination as a place for possible interpretation; the author looks at how a eye examine may be performed without an interpreter, how it may be performed with an interpreter, and includes a short glossary of medical terms.