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ArticleDiabetologia2009

Linguistic barriers in diabetes care.

G Reach

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Article in Diabetologia, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Migrant adults with diabetes in France: Influence of family migration.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2017
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  6. Patients' beliefs on the impediments to good diabetes control: a mixed methods study of patients in general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016
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  8. Poor numeracy: the elephant in the diabetes technology room.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2010
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G ReachService d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpital Avicenne APHP, 93000 Bobigny, France. gerard.reach@avc.aphp.fr

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For a message to be conveyed successfully, both the words (translation step) and the meaning (interpretation step) of what is said need to be understood. This holds true even when the patient and healthcare provider speak the same language, in that the message can be lost if the patient is unable to put it into context. Linguistic barriers can pose major problems. Patient education needs to avoid jargon, and when introducing a new concept to the patient, the healthcare provider needs to check that it is understood.

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LanguagePatient Education as TopicDiabetes MellitusEducational StatusGlycated HemoglobinHumansPhysician-Patient RelationsGlycated Hemoglobin

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