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Language Barriers To Informed Consent For Dermatologic Interventions., Jordan Wang, Matthew Keller
Language Barriers To Informed Consent For Dermatologic Interventions., Jordan Wang, Matthew Keller
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers
CASE SCENARIO
A 39-year-old Spanish-speaking woman with limited English-language proficiency presents with her 13-year-old son to your private dermatology practice. Through her son, you learn the patient is worried about a mole that has significantly grown in size over the past 3 months. After examination, you recommend the nevus be biopsied to better evaluate it. However, you are barely able to communicate with the patient, and you suspect that her son is not interpreting everything you say based on his especially brief communications with her. To proceed with the biopsy, you must first obtain informed consent.
As the dermatologist, you …