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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2017

01-08-2017 | Editorial

Language Barriers, Informed Consent, and Effective Caregiving

Authors: Lachlan Forrow, MD, Jane Crandall Kontrimas, BS CoreCHI™

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2017

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The treatment of a disease may be entirely impersonal; the care of a patient must be completely personal. – Francis W. Peabody (1927) 1
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Metadata
Title
Language Barriers, Informed Consent, and Effective Caregiving
Authors
Lachlan Forrow, MD
Jane Crandall Kontrimas, BS CoreCHI™
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4068-0

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