"Communication Barriers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups.
| Descriptor ID |
D003144
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.143.230
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| Concept/Terms |
Communication Barriers- Communication Barriers
- Barrier, Communication
- Barriers, Communication
- Communication Barrier
Language Barriers- Language Barriers
- Barrier, Language
- Barriers, Language
- Language Barrier
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Communication Barriers" by people in Profiles.
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Williams KE, Casola AR, Mechler K. Interpreting Difficult Conversations-Evaluating How to Support Medical Interpreters in the Delivery of Serious News. J Palliat Med. 2024 09; 27(9):1210-1214.
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Verkhovsky SB, Kong L, Oliver BJ. Comparing Hospital Length of Stay Between Persons With LEP and English-Speaking Patients in a Large Rural Academic Medical Center. Perm J. 2024 09 16; 28(3):270-277.
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Senior CJ, Carroll I, Diaz-LePage A, Milaniak I, Zambrana K, Malkoff A, Marchante-Hoffman A, Hughes-Reid C, Hatchimonji D. Family Language Preference, Not Provider-Family Language Concordance, Predicts Integrated Psychology Treatment Engagement in a Spanish-English Bilingual Clinic. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 May-Jun 01; 45(3):e195-e202.
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Guttman OT, Lazzara EH, Keebler JR, Webster KLW, Gisick LM, Baker AL. Dissecting Communication Barriers in Healthcare: A Path to Enhancing Communication Resiliency, Reliability, and Patient Safety. J Patient Saf. 2021 Dec 01; 17(8):e1465-e1471.
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Allen AZ, Zhu D, Shin C, Glassman DT, Abraham N, Watts KL. Patient Satisfaction with Telephone Versus Video-Televisits: A Cross-Sectional Survey of an Urban, Multiethnic Population. Urology. 2021 10; 156:110-116.
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Wilson J, Hawdon J, Lally S, Wilde D. Covid-19 communication: planning ahead to help inpatients when key contacts can't be present. BMJ. 2020 09 18; 370:m3671.
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Gordon RD, Kwon NS, Levy PD, Madsen TE, Greenberg MR. Evaluating the Diversity of Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Grant Recipients in the Last Decade. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Apr 16; 21(3):595-599.
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Cunningham A. Capsule Commentary on Njeru et al., Diabetes Mellitus Management Among Patients with Limited English Proficiency: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 06; 33(6):947.
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Anttila A, Rappaport DI, Tijerino J, Zaman N, Sharif I. Interpretation Modalities Used on Family-Centered Rounds: Perspectives of Spanish-Speaking Families. Hosp Pediatr. 2017 08; 7(8):492-498.
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Jung MY, Holt CL, Ng D, Sim HJ, Lu X, Le D, Juon HS, Li J, Lee S. The Chinese and Korean American immigrant experience: a mixed-methods examination of facilitators and barriers of colorectal cancer screening. Ethn Health. 2018 11; 23(8):847-866.