Families with limited English proficiency receive less information and support in interpreted intensive care unit family conferences*

Daryl Thornton, J.; Pham, Kiemanh; A. Engelberg, Ruth; Carey Jackson, J.; Randall Curtis, J.

doi:10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181926430

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Families with limited English proficiency receive less information and support in interpreted intensive care unit family conferences*

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Dec 25, 2008

Authors:

J. Daryl Thornton

Kiemanh Pham

Ruth A. Engelberg

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Family communication is important for delivering high quality end-of-life care in the intensive care unit, yet little research has been conducted to describe and evaluate clinician-family communication with non-English-speaking family members. We assessed clinician-family communication du...

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Medicine

Intensive care unit

Family medicine

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