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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 3/2013

01.03.2013

What Do We Know About Patient–Clinician Interactions with Interpreters?

verfasst von: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, Leah S. Karliner, MD MAS

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2013

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Communicating across language barriers is a challenge for clinicians all across the United States. The American Community Survey estimated that about 20 % of the adult US population speaks a language other than English at home, with almost half of these speaking English less than very well.1 Spanish and Chinese are the most common preferred languages of limited English proficient (LEP) adults, but hundreds of additional languages are in use throughout the U.S. …
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Metadaten
Titel
What Do We Know About Patient–Clinician Interactions with Interpreters?
verfasst von
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD
Leah S. Karliner, MD MAS
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2013
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2290-3

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