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How language barriers affect quality of care

I'm a translator at a hospital and I watch Spanish-speaking patients get rushed through appointments because providers don't want to wait for interpretation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Time pressures in healthcare settings often sacrifice communication quality for efficiency when language barriers exist.

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