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‘El buen doctor’: Penn State Health resident works to improve care for Hispanic patients

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Dr. Raul Vazquez Urrutia is “the good doctor.” The second-year resident at Penn State College of Medicine earned that nickname while caring for a Puerto Rican patient with leukemia during his medical training. A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Vazquez Urrutia knew the patient faced not only a difficult diagnosis but also communication barriers in the U.S., where English is the primary language.

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