2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of multi-language medical translation software for globalism in community medicine
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21590564
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUO Hiroya 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (60229432)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 地域医療学 / 在住外国人 / ソフトウエア |
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| Research Abstract |
The number of foreign residents has been increasing, which causes to reside and stay longer. There is an increase of foreign patients with chronic illness and who undergo surgery. They are sometimes put under inequalities in the health care due to issues such as language, cultural difference, health care system, and economical problem. Language barriers becomes an obstacle to an appropriate health care and induce misinterpretation even if translated. Thus, the purpose of the study is to develop the software of the multi-language medical translation system to support foreign patients residing in Japan.
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Research Products
(23 results)
