Obtaining History with a Language Barrier in the Emergency Department: Perhaps not a Barrier After All
Introduction: Patients with limited English proficiency may be at risk for incomplete history collection, potentially a patient safety issue. While federal law requires qualified medical interpreters be provided for these patients, little is known about the quality of information obtained in these e...
Main Authors: | Megan Litzau, Joseph Turner, Katie Pettit, Zachary Morgan, Dylan Cooper |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2018-10-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mm306r5 |
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