Serving the Latino Community: Health Care Translations |
| Published: September 24, 2008, 8:06 am |
| Tags: spanish language, spanish translation, translation buyers, brochures, documents, health care, hispanics, hospital, latino community, medical, medical releases, medicine, patients, prescription, spanish speakers, spanish translations, translation, translation agency, transl |
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Many people experience anxiety when dealing with health care and medical situations, and this is especially true when English isn’t the first language of patients and their families. Treatment plans and other health-related documents can be filled with medical jargon that seems foreign even to native English speakers. As the population of Spanish-speakers continues to grow in the United States, so has the need to provide Hispanics with accurate information that can be readily comprehended. This often means providing Spanish-speakers with health care information that has been translated into Spanish. Below is a list of some of the documents that health care providers should provide to patients and their families in Spanish: Instructions for taking prescription medicines Materials with information about health and wellness issues Simple explanations of diseases and sicknesses and how to avoid them Medical releases and consent forms Hospital and insurance [ Full article ] |
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