I have treated deaf patients in the past and have arranged for medical interpreters. Unfortunately, no comment is made in either the article or the editorial regarding the unfair financial burden placed on physicians who would like to treat deaf patients. Frequently, deaf patients have insurance that reimburses at a substantially discounted level.
Medical interpreters are extremely expensive.
It is unfortunate that our society chooses to penalize physicians who treat deaf patients. It would be helpful for us to evaluate alternatives to placing the financial burden for medical interpreting on the individual's physician. N.W. Barstow St., Ste. The Committee on Disabilities of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Intussusception most commonly affects infants between the ages of five and nine months, 1-3 but it may also occur in older children, teenagers and adults.