Healthcare Provider Perspectives Regarding Use of Medical Interpreters During End-of-Life Conversations With Limited English Proficient Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare providers increasingly care for patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). There is limited research evaluating healthcare provider utilization practices, attitudes, perceived benefits and barriers regarding the use of medical interpreters in end of life (EOL) and goals of care (GOC) conversations.

Objectives

To elicit healthcare providers' opinions of the role, factors that impact decisions to use medical interpreters and perceived utility of using medical interpreters when conducting EOL and GOC conversations with LEP patients and their families.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of internal medicine trainees and attending physicians from a U.S. medical center.

Results

A total of 117 surveys were collected with a response rate of 51%.

SUBMITTER: Silva MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature