Lost in Translation: Waitlist Status in Kidney Transplant Patients Requiring a Translator

Social factors significantly affect health outcomes, but are often overlooked as causative agents and intervenable targets during program development. While Spanish-speaking patients with end-stage renal disease experience barriers to quality communication and care, there is little research exploring how language affects access to kidney transplantation specifically. We hypothesized that a language barrier, even with the use of translation services, is associated with disproportionate time on the kidney transplant waitlist.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Transplantation and Tissue Engineering Source Type: research