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. 2021 Mar 1;23(3):E281-282.
doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.281.

Cautious Curiosity

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Cautious Curiosity

Amolpreet Toor. AMA J Ethics. .
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Abstract

Optimal health care is nearly impossible for patients who have few or no languages in common with their clinicians because it is hard to exchange information and questions about interventions' risks and benefits and about how to motivate good health outcomes. This digital drawing considers an elderly patient with limited English proficiency who understands and who wears a mask.

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