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Suggestions: Review and edit each handout for administrative and clinical accuracy before giving to the patient. Consider the reading skills of your patient when providing patient information. Make information exchange interactive. Ask questions to confirm that the patient understands. Personalize the exchange by writing the patient’s name on the document and underlining key points in front of him/her.

Disclaimer: The user is responsible for appropriate patient care and understands that IJEM is not liable for inaccuracies in linked third party content. If there is a resource that you would like to see listed, please contact the webmaster. (Last Update: Aug 01, 2005)

Further Reading:

Improving Patient Comprehension Israeli Journal of Emergency Medicine. 5(2). April 2005. PP 45- 48

Emergency Department Discharge Instruction Comprehension and Compliance Study. Can J Emerg Med 7(1) Jan. 2005

RESOURCE	WEBSITE
DISEASE-SPECIFIC Support	Asthma Patient Information HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis C Tuberculosis Immunization (Ontario Ministry of Health)
DISABILITIES	Medline Plus: LOW VISION Communicating with the Deaf: Tips
RESOURCES BY LANGUAGE:	Google text and web page translation utility
AMHARIC	Health Translations Directory NSW Health
Arabic	Asthma Patient Information Pediatric Fact Sheets (See: ‘Translations’ bottom right) Health Translations Directory NSW Health
Cambodian / khmer	Tufts / Spiral
CHINESE	NYU Emerg Asian Language Resource (SPIRAL) B.C Health Asthma Patient Information Pediatric Fact Sheets (See: ‘Translations’ bottom right)
ENGLISH	EDischarge@NCEMI - Extensive library, easily customized by user U.S. NIH - National Institutes of Health American Academy of Family Physicians Canadian Health Network Up To Date – Patient Handouts EMedicine.com (Click “Patient Education Button” before search) Medscape Asthma Patient Information Pediatric Fact Sheets
Farsi / Persian	NSW Health Health Translations Directory
Filipino / Tagalog	NSW Health Pediatric Vaccination Health Translations Directory
French	Canadian Health Network (click ‘francais’ top right) B.C Health Medical Glossary
GERMAN	Medical Glossary
Greek	Health Translations Directory NSW Health
HEBREW	Bronchiolitis Dehydration Patient Discharge Cast Care Head Injury Tetanus Wound Care: Sutures or Glue
Hindi	Health Translations Directory Asthma Patient Information
HMONG	Asian Language Resource (SPIRAL)
Italian	Health Translations Directory Asthma Patient Information Medical Glossary NSW Health
Japanese	NSW Health
KOREAN	Asian Language Resource (SPIRAL) Pediatric Fact Sheets (See: ‘Translations’ bottom right) NSW Health
LAOTIAN	Asian Language Resource (SPIRAL)
Portuguese	ABC de Saude - Extensive database of handouts NSW Health Health Translations Directory Infectious Disease Medical Glossary
Polish	NSW Health Asthma Patient Information Health Translations Directory
Punjabi	NSW Health Health Translations Directory B.C Health Asthma Patient Information
Russian	MedInfoRus - Extensive database of handouts Health Translations Directory NSW Health
SERBO- CROATIAN / Former Yugoslavia	Bosnian Croatian Serbian NSW Health
Somali	NSW Health Asthma Patient Information
Spanish	EDischarge@NCEMI - Extensive library, easily customized by user Family Doctor.Org Medline Plus (Click ‘espanol’ top right) Health Translations Directory B.C Health Pediatric Handouts Asthma Patient Information National Alliance for Hispanic Health Merck Manual NSW Health Medical Glossary
Tamil	NSW Health
THAI	Tufts / Spiral
Ukranian	Health Translations Directory
Vietnamese	Tufts / Spiral Pediatric Fact Sheets (See: ‘Translations’ bottom right) Health Translations Directory NSW Health B.C Health
mULTICULturAL MED LINKS	National Library of Medicine EQUIP: Info in Languages Other than English 24 Languages Project Index of Multi Language Patient Handouts Medical Glossary Altavista Translator Cultural Clues

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