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When language barriers make healthcare dangerous despite good intentions

I am a refugee and the clinic gives me free care but no interpreter so I never understand what is wrong with me or how to take my medication correctly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Healthcare delivery that ignores linguistic diversity transforms medical care into guesswork that can harm rather than heal.

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