Now this is something we've wanted in UK for many years...
Mark R D Johnson
Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care
Mary Seacole Research Centre, DMU
Pharmacies Agree to Provide Prescription Data in Many Languages
New York Times
By _KIRK SEMPLE_
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/kirk_semple/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: April 22, 2009
In a deal that underscores the challenges and obligations of doing business
in polyglot New York State, five major chains that sell prescription drugs
have agreed to provide customers with information about them in the
customers’ primary languages, the office of Attorney General _Andrew M. Cuomo_
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/andrew_m_cuomo/in
dex.html?inline=nyt-per) announced on Tuesday.
The agreements stem from a lengthy investigation by Mr. Cuomo’s office that
found that pharmacies across the state, in violation of the law and at
great risk to customers, routinely failed to provide information about
medication in a language their immigrant customers could understand, officials
said.
_http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/nyregion/22translate.html?scp=1&sq=transl
ation&st=cse_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/nyregion/22translate.html?scp=1&sq=translation&st=cse)
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Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
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