Caring for patients with limited english proficiency: Are residents prepared to use medical interpreters?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1485-1492

  Thompson, Darcy A ^a   Hernandez, Raquel G ^b   Cowden, John D ^c   Sisson, Stephen D ^b   Moon, Margaret ^b  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

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EID: 84885180215     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a3479d     Document Type: Article

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