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Lives of deaf patients ‘at risk’ amid NHS communication barriers, report warns

The lives of deaf patients are being put at risk due to communication barriers in the NHS, charities have warned. Deaf people often misunderstand treatment plans and rely on family members to ...
The Conversation

One in ten patient safety incidents in hospitals due to poor communication – our new study

Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester Patients’ lives are being put at risk by poor communication from healthcare professionals ...
The Conversation

The NHS plan to genetically test all newborns sounds smart – until it creates patients who aren’t sick

Postdoctoral fellow ("borsista di ricerca) at the University of Turin, former Postdoctoral Fellow on the project "Early Diagnosis - Handling Knowing", University of St Andrews By 2030, every baby born ...