WNYC – Cultural Barriers at New York City Hospitals

Interpreting Health: Cultural Barriers at New York City Hospitals

Maha Attieh is the Health Program Manager at the Arab-American Family Support Center, and she has a constant stream of clients at her small office on Court Street in Brooklyn. Attieh’s job is to help new immigrants navigate a daunting and foreign health-care system. But she says she spends a lot of her time educating health providers about what alienates her clients.