Language barriers to health care in the United States.

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Language barriers to health care in the United States.

August 2, 2006

Flores G. N Engl J Med. 2006;355(3):229-31.

The author discusses how language barriers can compromise a patient's health care and highlights the need for reliable interpreters to communicate medical information.

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