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02-04-2007
Report: pediatricians provide few translation services for patients with little English proficiency
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 Washington, USA (EurekAlert): Most pediatricians use untrained interpreters to communicate with families who are not proficient in English, according to the results of a nationwide survey of doctors led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Nearly two-thirds of the pediatricians surveyed said they relied on the patient’s bilingual family member to relay health information. Pediatricians in rural areas or in states with higher proportions of non-English proficient populations were the least likely to use professional translation services. The study is published in the April 2007 issue of Pediatrics.
For more information, please visit:
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-04/jhub-prp032807.php
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