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As I mentioned in the deaf-l@siu.edu listserv, doctors are not required to
hire sign language interpreters if they can communicate. Most interpreters
are not that good at medical sign language. beside, you need to write down
and your doctors should write down all those medical terminologists so you
can research it yourself. Kaiser Health have their own interpreters - if
you're willingto ait that long for an appointment and go to different
doctors each time.
Doctors are highly educated professional. Do you mean those from India,
Pakistan, China, who cannot write good English? Tough. they need to pass the
foreign doctor tests offered by the AMA.

If you insist on it, find a sign language interpreting agency like SLA, get
the name of the interpreters and give them to the business manager of the
doctor's office and tell them about IRS Form 8826 (Disabled Access Credit).
I tis people like you who don't give or tell "those ignorant idiots who
don't know deaf culture" because we don't tell them where to get the
interpreters.

Adios
Mike YAred


Michael Campbell wrote in message <3ca3b7af.522721@news.rcn.com>...
>
>Well, it depends on the doctor. Some doctors are terrible in writing.
>Some do not have any patience. Writing do take more time than
>interpreting though. And it CAN be inflexible. Its like, the words are
>put in stone.
>
>In the case of those deaf who do not have great English, or those who
>prefer sign language interpreter, they still have the legal right to
>an interpreter.
>
>On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:45:29 -0500, "Jim Picotte" <picotte1@msu.edu>
>wrote:
>
>>Isn't the physician able to write notes to you in English?  This would
>>satisfy the effective communication requirement of the ADA.  While not as
>>efficient as sign, it still is communication and does work.
>>
>>--
>>Jim Picotte, MSIV
>>Michigan State University
>>College of Human Medicine
>>picotte1@msu.edu
>>"Lindsey Walley" <linzwalleynospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>news:vWLo8.2245$BT6.178899@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
>>> Well....under Title III of the ADA, physicians are obligated to offer
>>means
>>> of effective communication, including translators and appropriate
>>auxiliary
>>> aids.  The physician can NOT legally pass on that cost to the patient,
>>even
>>> if the cost of the aid exceeds what the patient pays for the visit.
It's
>>> considered part of the annual overhead.
>>>
>>> As you point out....the list can certainly get distorted, and where the
>>> lines end, legally, is bound to get fuzzy....
>>>
>>> Peace~
>>> Lindsey
>>>
>>> "Rodney Wines" <rodney_usenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3ca361c2$0$8885$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-02.noos.net...
>>> > > And you want me to pay for their trouble? You're a big asshole.
>>> >
>>> > Hey, yeah! Give 'em hell, Mike!!! Sue the bastards!
>>> >
>>> > While you're sticking it to 'em, don't forget the other "special
needs"
>>> > people out there.  You mustn't be selfish like those sleazy doctors
>>you're
>>> > suing, right?
>>> >
>>> > I don't see well enough to drive, so obviously a doctor should provide
>>> > transportation for me while s/he is providing an interpreter for you!
>>What
>>> > about non-English speakers? Let's see, the two most common "second
>>> > languages" in the US are Spanish and Ebonics.  Any decent doctor
should
>>> > provide interpreters for those at least.  But, French and German are
>>> common,
>>> > and don't forget all the Vietnamese who've immigrated.  There are
quite
>>a
>>> > few Chinese as well.
>>> >
>>> > But, what about physical accomodations? There should be smaller chairs
>>in
>>> > the waiting rooms for the vertically challenged, wider chairs for the
>>> > calorically gifted, and the office should be open late for the
>>insomniacs.
>>> > There should always be food available for the diabetics.  Surely I've
>>> > forgotten somebody.  Oh, yes, the doctor should be responsible for
>>calling
>>> > Alzheimer patients so they don't forget their appointments.
>>> >
>>> > You go get 'em, guy, and when you're done America will be a great
place
>>> for
>>> > medical care for all of us no matter what "challenge" we might have!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>