Deaf patients require interpreters fluent in sign language. Federal law mandates you provide one. The defendant in today's episode provided his deaf patient with someone beyond adept in sign language - a member of his staff who happened to be the mother of a deaf child. And yet - when treatment ended, a lawsuit was served. It alleged the patient was not provided with a qualified interpreter and experienced a sub-optimal outcome as a result.
Could anything have been done to avoid this end? Jeff and Mike discuss...
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