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The design and pilot of a translation aid to help ED clinicians enhance communication with the Portuguese-speaking patient
BACKGROUND: Language barriers hinder health care delivery in settings with culturally diverse populations. Interventions to accommodate non-English-speaking patients have been shown to shorten length of stay and reduce non-urgent visits. AIMS: Our aim was to design and do a pilot study on an instrum...
Autores principales: | Han, Alice, Laranjo, Humberto, Friedman, Steven M. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19390916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0081-8 |
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