Translating discharge instructions for limited English–proficient families: Strategies and barriers

Hospital Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 779-787

  Davis, Seethalakshmi H ^a,b   Rosenberg, Julia ^c,d   Nguyen, Jenny ^e   Jimenez, Manuel ^f   Lion, K Casey ^g,h   Jenicek, Gabriela ^b   Dallmann, Harry ^f   Yun, Katherine ^b,i  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85097362471     PISSN: 21541663     EISSN: 21541671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0055     Document Type: Article

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