When caring for a vulnerable patient who is unable to make health decisions, we rely on the patient’s healthcare proxy to guide us. However, if the proxy has language and communication difficulties it becomes difficult to make health decisions.
Watch the microlecture and try to solve the problem of how to provide patient-centered, family-oriented care when dealing with a patient who is unable to make decisions and the healthcare proxy has Limited English Proficiency.
VJ Periyakoil, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine. Tweet to us: @palliator
