Date of Defense
12-2010
Department
Spanish
Abstract
According to the 2000 census, in Michigan there are over 240,000 residents who primarily speak Spanish at home, some of whom may only speak elementary English. Considering statistics like this, medical professionals are presented with a challenging language and cultural barrier when attempting to provide high quality health care. It is vitally important for emerging health care professionals to be able to empathize and communicate with the growing percent of their patients that will primarily speak Spanish. This thesis seeks to aid health care professionals by providing cultural information and sample pamphlets in Spanish.
Recommended Citation
Kaakani, Alia, "Medical Spanish and Cultural Competency" (2010). Honors Theses. 2164.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/2164
Access Setting
Honors Thesis-Campus Only
Restricted to Campus until
12-2031
Comments
Double major in Biomedical Sciences and Spanish.
The actual proposed course contains copyrighted material that cannot be made available to the general public.