Medical Interpreters and Patient Communications

Medical interpreters help patients, doctors communicate 

Kirsti Marohn and Stephanie Dickrell 
USA Today 
December 9, 2012

Health care regulations require medical providers who receive federal funding to provide interpreters. There's also growing research on the effects of bad communication on patient safety, said Izabel Arocha, executive director of the International Medical Interpreters Association.

Link to Podcast: The Ethics of Cultural Competency, Michael Brannigan, PhD, The Bioethics Channel, May 4, 2012

A Book on Pain 2013

A 2011 Report on Pain by the Institute of Medicine indicates some 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain.

Author Judy Foreman will publish a book on pain in 2013 and talks about it in this edition of The Bioethics Channel with Lorell LaBoube. 

Science/Spirituality/Good Mix?

Intersection of science and spirituality

David O. Wiebers

Washington Post

December 6, 2012

Throughout my scientific training and subsequent career, I found myself consistently gravitating not only to the science and medical sections of bookstores but also to the metaphysical, New Age, self-help and spiritual sections of such stores in search of answers to many of the ongoing mysteries of science and to many of life’s most profound and perplexing questions.

Link to Podcast: The Legacy of Father Kevin O'Rourke, Sister Rosemary Flanigan and Bill Colby, JD, The Bioethics Channel, May 9, 2012

Medical interpreters

Medical interpreters help patients, doctors communicate

Kirsti Marohn and Stephanie Dickrell

USA Today

December 9, 2012

Link to Podcast: The Ethics of Cultural Competency, Michael Brannigan, PhD, The Bioethics Channel, May 4, 2012