28-07-2008, 10:39 AM
With the help of an interpreter, Dr. Paul Swoboda examines Florida Ndagijimana, a refugee from Burundi, at the Salt Lake Family Health Center. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Utah, USA (Salt Lake Tribune): Swoboda and Rabin rely heavily on interpreters to help them communicate with their non-English speaking patients - a problem if the interpreter isn't well versed in the lexicon of medicine or has objections to something being asked of them. Some male interpreters, for example, won't ask a woman if she is pregnant or when her last menstrual period occurred. Others don't believe in mental health diagnoses and won't refer a family for help. Sometimes, the words simply get lost in translation.
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