Editorial
Healing starts with understanding: Addressing language barriers in patient care through medical student interpreters
Published 2020-08-12
Keywords
- Language barriers,
- medical interpretation,
- medical students
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Ji X, Abdelhamid K, Naumova D, Chow E, Chirgwin J-C. Healing starts with understanding: Addressing language barriers in patient care through medical student interpreters. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 12 [cited 2025 Oct. 27];18(1). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/159
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