CHIA Ethical Principles for Healthcare Interpreters Flashcards
Standards of Practice reflect CHIA’s view of the healthcare interpreter as one of the three parties involved in the therapeutic relationship between patient and provider. These principles will support the healthcare interpreting profession in setting guidelines for professional and ethical conduct and to increase interpreting quality.
Confidentiality
Interpreters treat all information learned during the interpreting as confidential.
Impartiality
Interpreters are aware of the need to identify any potential or actual conflicts of interest, as well as any personal judgments, values, beliefs or opinions that
may lead to preferential behavior or bias affecting the quality and accuracy of the interpreting performance.
Respect for Individuals and their Communities
Interpreters strive to support mutually respectful relationships between all three parties in the interaction (patient, provider and interpreter), while supporting the health and well being of the patient as the highest priority of all healthcare professionals.
Professionalism and Integrity
Interpreters conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the professional standards and ethical principles of the healthcare interpreting profession.
Accuracy and Completeness
Interpreters transmit the content, spirit and cultural context of the original message into the target language, making it possible for patient and provider to communicate effectively.
Cultural Responsiveness
Interpreters seek to understand how diversity and cultural similarities and differences have a fundamental impact on the healthcare encounter.
Interpreters play a critical role in identifying cultural issues and considering how and when to move to a cultural clarifier role. Developing cultural sensitivity and cultural responsiveness is a life-long process that begins with an introspective look at oneself.
