Language, Culture, And Medical Tragedy: The Case Of Willie Ramirez
November 19th, 2008
 by
Gail Price-Wise
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Editor’s Note: The November-December issue of Health Affairs contains essays by a physician and a medical interpreter on the challenges and perils of navigating language gaps between medical providers and patients in the absence of a trained medical interpreter. The essays appear in the journal’s “Narrative Matters” section, which is supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The post... Read the rest of this entry »
