July 7, 2008
Medical interpreters are vital but have no standard training process.Share
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Understanding medical jargon in hospitals and clinics can be hard enough. But for the roughly 22 million Americans who speak limited English, it can be down right impossible. That's where medical interpreters step in. Their job is to help doctors and patients communicate in one of the more than 300 languages spoken in the U.S. But for a field where there is so much on the line, there's no minimum language skill or medical training required. Some advocates are trying to change that.
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