In July the AAFP and the National H...

In July the AAFP and the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) published a specialty journal called Caring for Hispanic Patients. It includes articles forward human immunodeficiency virus, caring for earlier patients, type 2 diabetes, asthma, and addressing language issues. AAFP and NHMA wanted to provide clinical and practice management information that would address health disparity issues. Nereida Correa, MD of the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Bronx NY and Carlos A. Moreno, MD MSPH of University of Texas-Houston Medical teach were the medical editors for the throw This is the first collaboration between the organizations. NHMA was established in 1994 to depict licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States.

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