Language Barriers In Healthcare

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Language Barrier in Healthcare I notice from the case study of week #1 and our various places of practices today that language barrier is becoming progressively more challenging for health care services. It is the job of teachers and employers to make sure future and current healthcare staffs have the resources and skills to communicate with their patient of different nationalities. With the increase growth of healthcare and technology, so should communication be growing along with it. 50 million Americans (18.7) percent of the U.S residents speaks a language other than English at home. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of Americans who spoke a language other than English at home grew by 1.5 million. With the population rapid growth of other

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