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

Objective Effective communication is essential to providing high-quality healthcare. For
linguistically diverse patients, communication remains a barrier to receiving equitable …

Background The end of life represents a therapeutic context that acutely raises cultural and
linguistic specificities, yet there is very little evidence illustrating the importance of such …

Background: Ethnic minority patients have unique challenges in accessing health services.
These include language difficulties, unfamiliarity with the health system, lower rates of …

Context Research has shown that using medical interpreters in language-discordant patient-
provider encounters improves outcomes. There is limited research evaluating the views of …

Language, interpretation, and translation are becoming increasingly critical parts of
practicing medicine across the United States. However, these areas often aren't considered …

Abstract Purpose/Aim To establish cultural considerations for people from culturally or
linguistically diverse backgrounds at the end‐of‐life in Australia. Background Globally, there …

Context Language barriers contribute significantly to disparities in end-of-life (EOL) care.
However, the mechanisms by which these barriers impact hospice care remains …

Objectives The aims of this survey of healthcare interpreters were to assess the impacts of
difficult conversations such as discussions involving explanation of a serious diagnosis …

Objective Professional medical interpreters facilitate patient understanding of illness,
prognosis, and treatment options. Facilitating end of life discussions can be challenging. Our …