Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians.

Lisa C. Diamond; Yael Schenker; Leslie A. Curry; Elizabeth H. Bradley; Alicia Fernandez

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Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians.

January 28, 2009

Diamond LC, Schenker Y, Curry LA, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(2):256-62.

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Resident physicians reported relying on family interpreters or their own second language skills when caring for non–English-speaking patients, even though the physicians acknowledged that use of professional interpreters could benefit patient care.

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