RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Overcoming health care disparities via better cross-cultural communication and health literacy
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 127
OP 133
DO 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11006
VO 79
IS 2
A1 Anita D. Misra-Hebert
A1 J. Harry Isaacson
YR 2012
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/2/127.abstract
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.