Working with Medical Interpreters and Other Key Clinical Collaborators

Silva MD, Tsai S, Sobota RM, Abel BT, Reid MC, et al.

Missed opportunities when communicating with limited English-proficient patients during end-of-life conversations: insights from Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking medical interpreters.

J Pain Symptom Manage 2020;59:694-701

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Latif Z, Makuvire T, Feder SL, Abrahm J, Pinzon PQ, et al.

Experiences of medical interpreters during palliative care encounters with limited English proficiency patients: a qualitative study.

J Palliat Med 2023;26:784-789

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Hancox JA, McKiernan CF, Martin AL, Tomas J, MacArtney JI.

The emotional effects on professional interpreters of interpreting palliative care conversations for adult patients: a rapid review.

Palliative Med 2023;37:931-946

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Habib MH, Zheng J, Radwan A, et al.

Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology.

J Palliat Med 2024;27:681-687.

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Basic Curriculum for Palliative Care Dialogue with Interpreters (BWH, August 2024).

Note: Can be submitted for CEU Credits for interpreters.

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Goldhirsch J, Amonoo HL, Knight HP, Morris SE, Pacella DEG, Wolfe ED, Abrahm JL, et al.

Invisible Sufferers: Hidden in Plain Sight

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Note: Only unpublished manuscript is available

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Latif Z, Kontrimas J, et al.

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Working with Medical Interpreters

Journal of Palliative Medicine 2022;25:1426-30.

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IMIA

IMIA Guide on Working with Medical Interpreters

Accessed September 8, 2020.

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Goldhirsch J, Halpenny B, et al.

What’s Lost in Translation: A Dialogue-Based Intervention That Improves Interpreter Confidence in Palliative Care Conversations

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2021; 62:609-614.

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions  on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.