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05-13-2006
Health : Medicine
Study: Healthcare Concerns Getting Lost in Translation
Language barriers can affect patient-doctor relations and quality of care, UCLA report says.
By Juliet Chung, Times Staff Writer
May 13, 2006
About 1 million Californians with limited English proficiency could receive lower-quality healthcare from their HMOs because of language barriers, according to a UCLA study released this week.