PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Misra-Hebert, Anita D.
AU  - Isaacson, J. Harry
TI  - Overcoming health care disparities via better cross-cultural communication and health literacy
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11006
DP  - 2012 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 127--133
VI  - 79
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/2/127.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/2/127.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Feb 01; 79
AB  - 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.