Freigemeinnützige Sozialstationen

English translation: care centers run by non-government organizations/charities

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German term or phrase:	freigemeinnützige Sozialstationen
English translation:	care centers run by non-government organizations/charities
Entered by:	Alison Schwitzgebel

09:35 May 14, 2002

German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care

German term or phrase: Freigemeinnützige Sozialstationen

In a piece about outpatient care (Ambulante Pflegehilfe).

It's a label on a pie chart, so I don't have any other context.

Alison Schwitzgebel KudoZ activity Questions: 413 (3 open) (2 without valid answers) Answers: 2191 France
Local time: 17:31

care centres run by non-governmental organizations/charities

Selected response from:

Endre Both
Germany
Local time: 17:31

Grading comment

It's a bit long-winded but it fits... and I had to get the "freigemeinützig" in there somehow....
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

community health centres

Deborah Shannon

Public health clinics

Trudy Peters

2 +1

care centres run by non-governmental organizations/charities

Endre Both

social welfare wards

jkjones

Answers

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

community health centres

Explanation:
- "best guess" in the absence of context... possibly the other labels on the pie chart will influence the final decision.

Ref: entry in "Glossar des kirchlichen Sprachgebrauchs" by M+R Trott

Sozialstation: "community or out-patient health and social service centre"

Deborah Shannon
Germany
Local time: 17:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

35 mins confidence:

social welfare wards

Explanation:
I believe these places provide medical attention for anyone, whether they can afford to pay or not - lots of hits for Sozialstation on Google

jkjones
Local time: 16:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

care centres run by non-governmental organizations/charities

Explanation:
An attempt based on the German distinction between centres that are run either by

- private businesses(privat; gewerbliche Unternehmen)

- state institutions (öffentlich; kommunal) or

- charities/NGOs (Träger der kirchlichen oder freien Wohlfahrtspflege).

Reference: http://www.niedersachsen.de/File/KHPL2001.pdf
Reference: http://www.weiss-krankenhausberatung.de/profil-1.htm

Endre Both
Germany
Local time: 17:31
Native speaker of:

German,

Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

It's a bit long-winded but it fits... and I had to get the "freigemeinützig" in there somehow....

2 hrs confidence:

Public health clinics

Explanation:
if for the US

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 11:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 14

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