Jessica S Ancker, Yalini Senathirajah, Rita Kukafka, Justin B Starren
Design features of graphs in health risk communication: a systematic review
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
language barriers medicine hinder effective communication comprehension patient care english emerged dominant language global medicine importance native languages overlooked article aims examine extent publishing native languages analyzing pubmed database literature gain insights usage native languages medicine medical research december 2023 comprehensive examination pubmed literature conducted 55 registered languages searched records published language eg germanlang applying language filters ethnologue provided data number worldwide native speakers language facilitating comparative analysis december 2023 pubmed contained 36 million publications 865 published english german french russian came english 700 thousand publications among languages analyzed fourteen fewer 50 publications nineteen fewer 100 twentytwo fewer 500 twentyfive fewer one thousand publications european languages wellrepresented thousands publications widely spoken languages hindi arabic limited representation production medical research native languages reflects attention given native languages medicine medical education within country crucial provide due attention languagerelated issues explore strategies including native languages medicine bridge gaps language medicine