Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Part 4: Practical “Tips” for Improving Clearer Patient Communication Arrange for a trained and certified medical interpreter to be available regardless of how well you speak the patient’s language or how well you think he/she speaks yours, prior to the patient’s scheduled...
Culture, Language and Pain in Medical Tourism
Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Part 3: Culture, language and pain Ways of describing pain and even the intensity of pain are both linguistically and culturally dictated. While both patient and physician may understand one another regarding the main concepts of pain, their ways of describing (and...
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...