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Language skills of general practitioners in Sydney
Author(s) -
Driver Brian
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113528.x
Subject(s) - german , government (linguistics) , linguistics , german government , english language , local language , general practice , local government , political science , geography , medicine , family medicine , computer science , public administration , philosophy , programming language
Nearly 50% of the general practitioners in nine representative local‐government areas of Sydney spoke one of 27 languages other than English. The most common languages were Chinese dialects, Indian dialects, Italian, German and French. Bilingual and multilingual doctors tended to practise in local government areas with relatively large non‐English‐speaking populations. Nevertheless, some language groups would not have easy access to a general practitioner, particularly to a female doctor, who speaks their language.