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    From Gordon@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 17 07:21:35 2024
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531059/culturally-intolerable-for-nurses-not-to-speak-english-or-racist-to-insist

    A follow up article.

    The main take away from the article is that having a second language spoken may cause mis understandings and putting the patients preferences first is
    best practice.

    Many other relevant points raise in the article.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to Gordon on Fri Oct 18 08:59:47 2024
    On 17 Oct 2024 07:21:35 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531059/culturally-intolerable-for-nurses-not-to-speak-english-or-racist-to-insist

    A follow up article.

    The main take away from the article is that having a second language spoken >may cause mis understandings and putting the patients preferences first is >best practice.

    Many other relevant points raise in the article.

    The main feedback I see in this article is that in the presence of a
    patient and their family, medical staff administering treatment of any
    kind should only use a language that the patient understands, with the
    default being English. That way it would be OK for medical staff to
    converse in French if the patient is more proficient in French than
    English.

    The problem is that is patients do feel left out if a conversation
    amongst medical staff is in a language they don't understand.


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    Crash McBash

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 18 15:55:10 2024
    On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:59:47 +1300, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 17 Oct 2024 07:21:35 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531059/culturally-intolerable-for-nurses-not-to-speak-english-or-racist-to-insist

    A follow up article.

    The main take away from the article is that having a second language spoken >>may cause mis understandings and putting the patients preferences first is >>best practice.

    Many other relevant points raise in the article.

    The main feedback I see in this article is that in the presence of a
    patient and their family, medical staff administering treatment of any
    kind should only use a language that the patient understands, with the >default being English. That way it would be OK for medical staff to
    converse in French if the patient is more proficient in French than
    English.

    The problem is that is patients do feel left out if a conversation
    amongst medical staff is in a language they don't understand.

    Thanks Crash - a good summary.
    The origin of the original edict may well be lost - there have after
    all been so many political statements along the lines of ''requesting"
    public servants to not speak Maori, it is not surprising that things
    get taken a bit far.

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