Kelly and Zetzsche, highlighting the dissonance that may affect doctor/patient relationship remark that, "When language barriers are present, medical errors are more common.(5) This is among the several reasons why medical caregivers and professionals are asked to show a high degree of cultural competence, when dealing with patients from backgrounds other than their own. In the healthcare setting, a translator serves as an interpreter, and in order to be competent, such individuals must be "bilingual, bi-cultural and understand the English medical vocabulary " and at the same time it has be...

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