Transcending the language barrier–creation of a multilingual dermatology website.

Transcending the language barrier–creation of a multilingual dermatology website.

Ali Saba M; Hinckley Michael R; Feldman Steven R

Dermatology online journal

2007

2007-05

In a linguistically diverse society, healthcare professionals must overcome the daunting task of effectively communicating with patients who speak a different language. In effort to aid healthcare professionals and their patients, an on-line dermatology patient education resource was created with links to various skin related topics in over 30 languages. The development of the on-line resource, key features of the information available on the website, and limitations experienced during its creation are discussed in the article.

Humans; Needs Assessment; Health Education; *Dermatology; Program Development; *Language; Communication Barriers; Internet/*organization & administration; Medical Informatics/organization & administration

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