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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2007

Open Access 01-11-2007 | Editorial

Reducing Language Barriers and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: An Investment in Our Future

Authors: Somnath Saha, MD, MPH, Alicia Fernandez, MD, Eliseo Perez-Stable, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Special Issue 2/2007

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In 2003, the Institute of Medicine issued a groundbreaking report that shone a spotlight on the problem of racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the United States.1 It is now well recognized that minority Americans tend to receive less care, and lower-quality care, than the majority (white) population. The reasons behind this phenomenon are complex and opaque. There is no single explanation, and in many cases, we do not have an explanation. However, for millions of minority Americans, most of them foreign-born, one explanation is readily apparent: they do not speak, read, or write English, and health care in this country, with few exceptions, is delivered in English. …
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Metadata
Title
Reducing Language Barriers and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: An Investment in Our Future
Authors
Somnath Saha, MD, MPH
Alicia Fernandez, MD
Eliseo Perez-Stable, MD
Publication date
01-11-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue Special Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0372-4

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