Non-English speakers find ERs hard to reach.

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Non-English speakers find ERs hard to reach.

March 1, 2006

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This article reports on a study conducted by the Discrimination Research Center that found non-English speakers were not connected to a staff member who spoke the language in about half of calls to the emergency department.

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