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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2007

Open Access 01-11-2007 | Foreword

Improving Quality of US Health Care Hinges on Improving Language Services

Author: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Special Issue 2/2007

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On behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, I am delighted to support this supplement on language services. I believe that the quality of health care for all Americans will not be improved without a concentrated effort to ensure that people with limited English-speaking proficiency have access to language services and assistance in clinical encounters within America’s hospitals and health systems. …
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Metadata
Title
Improving Quality of US Health Care Hinges on Improving Language Services
Author
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA
Publication date
01-11-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue Special Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0382-2

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