What we've got here is a failure to communicate

Editorial

Howard S Gordon et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Feb.

. 2011 Feb;26(2):104-6.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1566-8.

No abstract available

Comment on

Language barriers, physician-patient language concordance, and glycemic control among insured Latinos with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE).
Fernandez A, Schillinger D, Warton EM, Adler N, Moffet HH, Schenker Y, Salgado MV, Ahmed A, Karter AJ. Fernandez A, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Feb;26(2):170-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1507-6. Epub 2010 Sep 29. J Gen Intern Med. 2011. PMID: 20878497 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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