Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality: The Case for Language Access

Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality: The Case for Language Access

This paper aims to provide a description of the need for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) for Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients, an identification of how the lack of CLAS for LEP patients can compromise patient safety and healthcare quality, and discuss barriers to t...

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Main Author:	Cheri Wilson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2013-11-01
Series:	International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Subjects:	Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Limited English Proficient (LEP) Patient Safety Healthcare Quality Language Access
Online Access:	http://www.ijhpm.com/?_action=showPDF&article=2796&_ob=17ed78089c41c1954e84324a0a8336dd&fileName=full_text.pdf.

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