View Poll Results: Should practicing US physicians be required to speak fluent English?
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Yes
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No
6 10.91% -
Well, my legs are too long and I straddle the fence.
0 0% -
Expecting people to speak English in an English speaking country is wrong.
3 5.45% -
My English isn't fluent enough to understand and vote in this poll.
1 1.82%
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02-10-2010, 04:45 AM #11Wee Whisker Whacker
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Again, not all patients have the option of choosing their doctor. Particularly in emergency situations or when insurance coverage limits options. Fluency in English should be part of their education and experience. The point going further - there need to be stricter guidelines on what qualifies as fluency. Being able to spell a few choice words or figure their way through a conversation should not qualify. Doctors, necessarily, are placed in demanding situations and we should not allow for trivial communication errors that can easily be avoided - let alone facilitate them.
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