Informed consent at stake? Language barriers in medical interactions with immigrant anaesthetists: a conversation analytical study

Abstract Background Language barriers in doctor-patient interactions are still an understudied phenomenon. This is particularly true concerning interactions with immigrant physicians who are learners of the patient’s language; there is a lack of research even though labour migration is increasing in...

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Main Authors: Damaris Borowski, Uwe Koreik, Udo Ohm, Claudia Riemer, Niels Rahe-Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4389-2