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Language barriers, cost concerns drive immigrants to fake doctors

The case of the fake Florida "tush doctor" accused of injecting Fix-A-Flat and other toxic substances into women's buttocks, causing them to become violently ill and disfigured, may not be

Low-income patients not more litigious

The idea that poor patients are more likely to sue their doctors is nothing more than a myth, according to report published in the Friday online edition of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research .

How to create a culturally competent practice

Nearly one in five U.S. residents speaks a language other than English at home, with 23 million of them being defined as having limited English proficiency (LEP). When it comes to LEP patients and