Remote Telephone Interpretation in Medical Consultations with Refugees: Meta-communications about Care, Survival and Selfhood

Phillips, Christine2015-12-070951-6328http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26030In Australia, interpreted consultations with refugees are frequently conducted using remote telephone interpretation (RTI). This article explores the metacommunication, or communication about communication (Bateson 1951), which occurs in these consultatioRemote Telephone Interpretation in Medical Consultations with Refugees: Meta-communications about Care, Survival and Selfhood201310.1093/jrs/fet0052015-12-07