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Latin, Hispanic, Spanish, Latino, Latina, Latinx, South American, Central American, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Argentinian, Bolivian, Chilean, Afro-Cuban, second-generation immigrant, dreamers, and many other labels fall short in describing people that have some common factors but certainly are not similar in all. To believe that groups of people are alike in all respects, simply because of language, culture, color, religion, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics, is to do them a disservice. To apply such over simplifications in the practice of medicine is akin to practicing cookie-cutter medicine.
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Senno, R.G. (2019). Similarities Greater Than Differences: A Doctor’s Perspective. In: Olivier, M., Croteau-Chonka, C. (eds) Global Health and Volunteering Beyond Borders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98660-9_21
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