Arab-migrant Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Using Health-care Interpreters: A Qualitative Study.

Low confidence levels and limited proficiency in the English language may be significant deterrents impacting on Arab-migrant cancer survivors’ ability to seek information and support from cancer-support services. “I had a problem in the dialect” – Needing to understand and to be understood Participants emphasized the need to use interpreters who spoke the same Arabic dialect and described how using interpreters with different dialects resulted in not being able to understand what the interpreter was trying to say or understanding some words incorrectly.

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