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Working with interpreters in the psychiatric assessment of older adults from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2019

Anne Pamela Frances Wand*
Affiliation:
Department of Aged Care Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Email: a.wand@unsw.edu.au Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Diba Pourmand
Affiliation:
Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Locked Bag 7118, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Brian Draper
Affiliation:
Department of Aged Care Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Email: a.wand@unsw.edu.au Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2019 

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