Accessibility and Active Offer, Health Care and Social Services in Linguistic Minority Communities, Health Care and Social Services in Linguistic Minority Communities

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Accessibility and Active Offer, Health Care and Social Services in Linguistic Minority Communities, Health Care and Social Services in Linguistic Minority Communities

Year

2017

Publisher

University of Ottawa Press

Language

English

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02-Jan-2026

Keywords

Health Sciences ; Political Science

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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to communicate with a doctor or other health care or social services professional in a language you cannot speak or only speak occasionally? That is the everyday experience of many Francophones living in Francophone minority communities (FMCs) and many Anglophones living in Quebec, especially in areas outside Montréal. It is very common for people in these situations, particularly among seniors and young children, to be unable to access comparable social services and health care in both official languages even though many do not speak the language of the majority—English in...