title: Shedding a stereotype: our low-income patients are listening.
abstract: For the last 13 years I've been a family physician in the inner city. Currently, 70% of my patients are on some form of general or medical assistance. They are culturally diverse, and some are so new to this country that taking a history is difficult because I must work through an interpreter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Johnson