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Why are translation services the issue here? Why isn’t the issue: non-English speakers allowed to practice medicine on people without being able to talk to them
by joeman1000 5y ago
Why are translation services the issue here? Why isn’t the issue: non-English speakers allowed to practice medicine on people without being able to talk to them. I’m seriously fed up with this nonsense. If I’m moving to a country, I’m learning the damned language. Reply to me if you want to talk to someone who endured 5 years of university education delivered incoherently by non-English speakers. I wasted lots of money on poor education, but there are people dying because their doctor doesn’t even have to speak the same language as them in their own country. When did this become acceptable? How is this not gross negligence?
- caslon 5y ago
- detaro 5y ago> Why isn’t the issue: non-English speakers allowed to practice medicine on people without being able to talk to them ... because that's not the scenario the article is about? First sentence: > The patient had just undergone a cesarean section, and now was struggling to put words to her pain in her native Taiwanese.
- potatoman22 5y agoIsn't the article about patients who don't speak English, not doctors?
- joeman1000 5y agoCome to any Australian city and try to get into a GP (who isn’t booked out for a month). Odds are the language barrier will prevent a lot of meaningful communication and you won’t get good help.
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- smoe 5y agoOnly skimmed the article, it seems entirely about non-English speaking patients, not doctors.