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Language Barriers to Health Care in the United States
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Interview with Glenn Flores on the effect of language barriers in health care and the need for medical interpreter services. (07:48)Download A 12-year-old Latino boy arrived at a Boston emergency department with dizziness and a headache. The patient, whom I'll call Raul, had limited proficiency in English; his mother spoke no English, and the attending physician spoke little Spanish. No medical interpreter was available, so Raul acted as his own interpreter. His mother described his symptoms:“La semana pasada a el le dio mucho mareo y no tenía fiebre ni nada, y la familia por parte de papá todos padecen de diabetes.” (Last week, he had a lot of dizziness, and he didn't have fever or anything, and his dad's . . .
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The Impact of Medical Interpreter Services on the Quality of Health Care: A Systematic Review
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Self-citationErrors in Medical Interpretation and Their Potential Clinical Consequences in Pediatric Encounters
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The importance of language and culture in pediatric care: Case studies from the Latino community
Flores, G., Abreu, M., Schwartz, I., & Hill, M. (2000) · The Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1067/mpd.2000.109150 · Cited by 159
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“For example, in our study, only one patient mentioned language barriers as a burden of treatment, although it is an important barrier to healthcare access [40, 41].”
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- Authors
- Flores, G.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2006-07-20
- Volume
- 355
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 229-231
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2071144678
- Cited by
- 849
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 43.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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