Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  Today we look at recent comments in the BMJ from 2 of the UK’s Medical Defence organisations regarding the use of online translation tools in clinical practice.  Should we use them in consultations with patients when there is a language barrier?

https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4546

https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7392

Thanks to Dr Danny Liao for his audio introduction

 

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