- Does the recent Russian immigrant need different treatment in the emergency room than someone who was born in the United States?
- Does language alter the patient's view of reality?
- Do language barriers change the quality of treatment given, and how does the medical staff know if the interpreter is any good?
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Multicultural Healthcare, a free, bimonthly, electronic newsletter to be launched shortly, will address the practical questions of providing superb healthcare to people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
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Some of the topics to be covered
- Federal and state requirements regarding language interpretation and translation
- Translation mechanics—Who does it? How much should it cost? How do you find a good agency
- Specific cultural beliefs about birth, health, and death
- Caregiver/patient dynamics in different cultures
- and much, much more
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