Guidelines for Working with Interpreters

Posted by on Oct 21, 2010 in Non-English Speaking Patients | 0 comments Consistently, one of the biggest challenges faced by health care professionals is communicating with patients and families who have limited English proficiency. In this issue of the cross-cultural communications newsletter, we focus on some basic guidelines to follow when working with interpreters. Though the context of each patient encounter is unique, there are some fundamentals of working with...
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