Creating a safe, high-quality healthcare system for all: Meeting the needs of limited English proficient populations; Comment on “Patient safety and healthcare quality: The case for language access”

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-94

  Betancourt, Joseph R ^a   Tan McGrory, Aswita ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Limited english proficient; Patient safety; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002497917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.21     Document Type: Note

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