%0 Journal Article %T When Doctors Unlearn English %A Rebekah Fenton %J Journal of Palliative Care %@ 2369-5293 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0825859718795438 %X Doctor-patient communication is a quintessential part of medical care. Yet, several factors challenge its effectiveness. The author, a third year Pediatrics resident, explores the ways medical education creates distance between doctorsĄŻ and patientsĄŻ ability to achieve mutual understanding in the clinical setting and how she tries to overcome this barrier %K doctor-patient communication %K narrative medicine %K medical language %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0825859718795438