Speaking the language: Physicians adapt as Hispanic population grows
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By Todd Brison
JOHNSTON CITY, Tenn. – It is difficult for a parent to explain birth control to a child. That topic gets even more complicated when things are the other way around. This is exactly the situation Spanish teacher Holly Melendez found herself in when she accompanied a Spanish-speaking friend to the doctor’s office. “Even as poorly as I was interpreting, the other doctors asked me to come down and help them out with someone else,” Melendez said.