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Rethinking the Term “Limited English Proficiency” to Improve Language-Appropriate Healthcare for All

The concept of limited English proficiency (LEP) presents significant challenges when applied to the healthcare needs of the diverse and growing multilingual population in the U.S. We expound on the following ways in which the concept of LEP is problematic: the ethnocentric notion of a “primary lang...

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Published in:J Immigr Minor Health
Main Authors: Ortega, Pilar, Shin, Tiffany M., Martínez, Glenn A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer US 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323079/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34328602
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01257-w
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