TY - JOUR T1 - Overcoming health care disparities via better cross-cultural communication and health literacy JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 127 LP - 133 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11006 VL - 79 IS - 2 AU - Anita D. Misra-Hebert AU - J. Harry Isaacson Y1 - 2012/02/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/2/127.abstract N2 - Health care disparities have multiple causes; the dynamics of the physician-patient encounter is one of the causes that can be modified. Here, we discuss specific recommendations related to cross-cultural communication and health literacy as practical steps to providing more equitable health care to all patients. ER -