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References

American Institutes for Research, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. “Teaching Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Review of Current Concepts, Policies and Practices. Washington, DC, 2002, pg. 30.

Jacobs E. Language Access Services. Concept Papers Commissioned for the Development of Cultural Competence Curricular Modules. American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC, 2002.

Elderkin-Thompson V, Silver R. Waitzkin H. When nurses double as interpreters: a study of Spanish-speaking patients in a US primary care setting. Social Science & Medicine. 2001;52:1343-1358.

Ferguson WJ, Candib LM. Culture, language and the doctor-patient relationship. Family Medicine 2002;34:353-361.

Putsch RW III. Cross-cultural communication The special case of interpreters in health care. JAMA 1985;254:3344-3348.

Wood BA. Caring for a limited English proficient patient. AORN Journal 2002;75:305-308.

Kaufert JM, Putsch RW. Communication through interpreters in healthcare: ethical dilemmas arising from differences in class, culture, language and power. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 1997;8:71-87.


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