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This 11-page paper describes the challenges facing hospitals today when it comes to culturally diverse populations and language barriers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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million people in the U.S. (approximately 18 percent of the population older than five years) speak the language other than English at home (Greenbaum and Flores, 2004). This represents a
46 percent increase since 1990 (Greenbaum and Flores, 2004). Yet on the health-care end, less than one-fourth of U.S. hospitals employees professional interpreters to help with non-English-speaking patients (Greenbaum
and Flores, 2004). Even those who do employ such interpreters, often fail to train them formally (Greenbaum and Flores, 2004). There is little doubt however, that as the
number of patients with limited English skills continues to grow, there is a potential that exists for both increasing costs and declining quality of health-care (Greenbaum and Flores, 2004).
In this paper, we will examine the challenge that health-care institutions face today in the face of than ever-growing diverse population. Well
provide an overview of how the population continues to grow, as well as the challenges that language barriers present in a health-care setting.
Overview The United States has always been known as the "melting pot" for the rest of the world. Ever since
its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures. It seems as though these days however,
a diversity of cultures and languages continues to grow, meaning that there is a need for interpreters of various languages. According to various statistics, approximately one out of four people
living in the United States have limited English language skills (Cardillo, 1997). This has especially been true in the health-care field, especially
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