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Beyond literacy and numeracy in patient provider communication: Focus groups suggest roles for empowerment, provider attitude and language

BACKGROUND: Although the number of people living in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP) is substantial, the impact of language on patients' experience of provider-patient communication has been little explored. METHODS: We conducted a series of 12 exploratory focus groups i...

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Autores principales: Brugge, Doug, Edgar, Timothy, George, Kelly, Heung, Janette, Laws, M Barton
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2753356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19772555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-354