ESSAY
"Language Barrier in Hospitals"
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Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"In areas of the
United States where English is not the sole language spoken, hospitals and other
emergency services have a responsibility to be prepared for situations where
skilled interpreters are needed. Hospitals put their patients at risk in
numerous situations where there is a communication failure....
...This will continue to be a problem in the future as the United States
becomes a home to people of different cultures. For this reason policy for
these translators should be created soon to effectively handle this potential
issue."