Among many factors that determine an individual’s access to healthcare, the language of medicine stresses a fundamental distinction between communication and transaction. To access healthcare is to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Imagine going to the doctor and not understanding what is being said at your appointment. That's the reality for some East Tennesseans in the Latino community. An East Tennessee ...

YAKIMA, Washington – When Maria Guadalupe Diaz-Lisaola and her husband, Refugio Cepeda, go to a medical appointment, it's usually a businesslike affair. Over the years, Diaz and Cepeda have faced ...