Hamburg Declaration for Multilingual Healthcare Service

Patients who do not speak the same language as their health care provider are at a significant disadvantage when it comes to accessing healthcare services and ensuring adequate treatment quality.

The Hamburg Declaration provides practical and actionable guidance at the individual, institutional and systemic levels to improve the quality of communication in such encounters.

The Hamburg Declaration is addressed to all stakeholders in the healthcare sector worldwide who are directly or indirectly involved in patient care, as well as to stakeholders who shape the broader framework of the healthcare sector, including those working in management, health policy, and research.

 

If your organisation wants to officially support this declaration, please send a request to info@mim2m.net

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Current language versions, more to come:

• Hamburg Declaration for Multilingual Healthcare

• Hamburger Erklärung zur mehrsprachigen Gesundheitsversorgung