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Children as Translators in Hospitals
| Title | Children as Translators in Hospitals |
| Publication Type | Case Study |
| Year of Publication | 2004 |
| Authors | Cox-White, Becky, Althaus RuthAnn, Anestidou Lida, Connolly Peggy, Keller David R., and Leever Martin |
| Pagination | 2 p. |
| Publisher | Association for Practical and Professional Ethics |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | Informed Consent , MEDICINE |
| Abstract | Though hospitals and social service agencies are legally required to arrange for translators for patients who do not speak English, physicians who who treat a high number of non-English speaking patients often use the patient's children to translate. In California in 2003, a state Assemblyman proposed a bill that would ban the use of children as medical translators. |
| Notes | Case from the 2004 APPE National Ethics Bowl Championship. Copyright, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 2004. http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/ethicsbowl.html |
| URL | Click here for the document |
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