Shared decision-making with a child’s physician is less common for immigrant parents, finds study

For people who grew up in the United States, navigating health care can be complicated and intimidating, according to Sawsan Salah, a doctoral candidate in biobehavioral health at Penn State. Those complications may be magnified when a person is unfamiliar with the culture of medical care in the U.S. or does not speak English.

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