Background: Medical interpreters are critical mediators in communication with pediatric
subjects and families to include participation in difficult conversations. Objective: The …

Background: Despite their essential role in language concordant patient care, medical
interpreters do not routinely receive training focused on difficult conversations and may not …

Outcomes 1. Utilizing a case-based approach, participants will be able to describe the
unique roles embodied by in-person medical interpreters in the context of pediatric serious …

Medical interpreters are the primary facilitators of effective communication between clinical
providers and patients with limited English proficiency. They can assist in managing …

Background: Communication about health care and especially end-of-life care is difficult for
clinicians and patients when they do not speak the same language. Our purpose was to …

Introduction This study explores pediatric medical interpreters' perspectives on clinician
communication practices in medical encounters characterized by distressing content and …

Background: Communication about end-of-life issues is difficult across language barriers.
Little is known about the experience of health care interpreters in these discussions …

A growing percentage of critically ill patients and their families in the United States speak
limited English. We present the case of a palliative care consult conducted across language …

ObjectivesSkilled medical interpreters are essential to providing high-quality, culturally
sensitive palliative care and addressing health-care disparities for patients with limited …

Background: Professional interpreters working in palliative contexts improve patient care.
Whilst literature identifies psychological distress in other healthcare professionals, research …