Are Language Barriers Associated With Serious Medical Events in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients?
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- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 116 (3) , 575-579
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-0521
Abstract
Objective. Language barriers may lead to medical errors by impeding patient-provider communication. The objective of this study was to determine whether hospitalized pediatric patients whose families have language barriers are more likely to incur serious medical errors than patients whose families do not have language barriers.Keywords
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