Language-appropriate care: an overview for the busy emergency clinician

Camron Ford¹, Michele James², Mayoorendra Ravichandiran³, Peter Reardon^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Oak Valley Health System, Markham, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.
⁸ Scarborough Health Network Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.
⁹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.
¹⁰ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.

PMID: 40938531
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-01013-1

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Language-appropriate care: an overview for the busy emergency clinician

Camron Ford et al. CJEM. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 12.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-01013-1. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Camron Ford¹, Michele James², Mayoorendra Ravichandiran³, Peter Reardon^{4

5

1

6}, Christopher J Yarnell^{7

8

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Oak Valley Health System, Markham, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Scarborough Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.
⁸ Scarborough Health Network Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.
⁹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.
¹⁰ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. cyarnell@shn.ca.

PMID: 40938531
DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-01013-1

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency medicine; Health equity; Interpreter services; Language-appropriate care; Limited English proficiency; Patient-centered care; Patient–clinician communication.

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Declarations. Conflict of interest: None.

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