Health Equity

Our Health System Is Failing Patients with Limited English

Abstract: Better communication could help reduce inequities, but our medical infrastructure isn’t designed to take that into account

Publication: Scientific American

Date Published: April 24, 2021

Author(s): Benjamin Allar and Gezzer Ortega

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