Beyond literacy and numeracy in patient provider communication: Focus groups suggest roles for empowerment, provider attitude and language

• Principais autores: Heung Janette (Autor), George Kelly (Autor), Edgar Timothy (Autor), Brugge Doug (Autor), Laws M Barton (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although the number of people living in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP) is substantial, the impact of language on patients' experience of provider-patient communication has been little explored.</p>...