RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Los Seres Humanos Matter: A Hispanic Health Story from Texas
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 115
OP 117
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.180207
VO 32
IS 1
A1 John W. Davis
YR 2019
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/32/1/115.abstract
AB Latino health deserves intense focus in promoting a just health care system. Despite the surprisingly positive health outcomes associated with the “Hispanic Paradox” phenomenon, the trend of Latino immigrants tending to have better health outcomes than other minorities, linguistic issues persist. The following essay is a combination of actual patient encounters through my experiences serving Spanish-speaking patients, as a medical student and Spanish speaker, and a reflection on the clash between impersonal interpretation services and Hispanic cultural values. I then present potential initiatives to improve rapport in patient encounters while maintaining the standard of care across foreign language barriers