Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.

Megan-Jane Johnstone; Olga Kanitsaki

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Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.

September 27, 2006

Johnstone M-J, Kanitsaki O. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18(5):383-8.

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The authors discuss the importance of understanding the relationship between culture, language, and patient safety and stress that not sufficiently addressing this relationship may put minority patients at risk for adverse events.

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