Culture and Idiom Creates Gaps and “Cloud” Communications in Medical Tourism

Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Part 2: Culture’s role in “clouding” communication Culture (not only the patient’s culture, but yours as well) forms the “big picture” behind, not only  clear communication, but also the patient’s expectations regarding what constitutes quality medical care and services. It determines not...

Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism

Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Part 1: When You and Your Patient Speak Different Languages and Come from Different Cultures How do you insure good communication when you are a native speaker of one language but your patient is a native speaker of another? Even if you...