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Case 12: Spiritualism in the Latino Community

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Mr. Cruz is a 43-year-old Puerto Rican male unrestrained driver of a pickup truck brought to the emergency department (ED) in the middle of the night after a motor vehicle collision. Paramedics wheel the stretcher through the door and tell a Caucasian male physician that the patient ran a red light at a low rate of speed and collided with a vehicle which was coming through the intersection. There was no reported loss of consciousness. He is immobilized in the usual manner on a long backboard and cervical collar. His left hand appears injured. He is asked to remove a ring from his left hand but he refuses.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Lisa Moreno-Walton M.D., M.S., M.S.C.R. (Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research, Director of Diversity)

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Marcus L. Martin M.D.

  3. Office for Diversity and Equity, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Leslie Uldine Walker B.A.

  4. Emergency Department, Heritage Valley Health System, Beaver, PA, USA

    Ruth E. Wong-Pérez M.D.

  5. Heritage Valley Health System, Sewickley, PA, USA

    Janene Hecker Klein M.D.

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  1. Professor of Emergency Medicine University of Virginia School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    Marcus L. Martin

  2. Assistant Dean Clinical Education & Student Affairs Emory University School of Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine Vice Chair – Administrative Affairs, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Sheryl L. Heron

  3. Director of Diversity Department of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, Professor of Emergency Medicine Director of Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Lisa Moreno-Walton

  4. University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    Anna Walker Jones

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Moreno-Walton, L., Martin, M.L., Walker, L.U., Wong-Pérez, R.E., Klein, J.H. (2016). Case 12: Spiritualism in the Latino Community. In: Martin, M., Heron, S., Moreno-Walton, L., Jones, A. (eds) Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22840-2_30

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