Teshome Bekana, Wei Hu, Song Liang, Berhanu Erko
Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in Yachi areas, southwestern Ethiopia: new foci
Infectious diseases of poverty
explore perceived actual quality communication conversational mechanisms misunderstandings arise linguistically diverse emergency department consultations mixed method approach used based audiorecords consultations rely patient companions linguistic support ethnographic contextual data interpreting errors potential impact clinical reasoning process doctorpatient relationships quantitatively assessed complementary qualitative ethnographic research provided richer understanding context study involved interdisciplinary collaboration specialists applied linguistics medicine psychology accurate interpretation occurred 19 interpreter speech turns answering patient omitting information frequent errors nature severity impact errors varied answering patient greatest clinical impact omission messages doctor patient negatively affected doctorpatient relationships gaps observed perceived actual quality communication although patient companions often provided useful information addition raising awareness among doctors potential risks using ahis eds adjust management increase utilization onsite remote pis