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Rodolfo D. Eichberg, MD
Tampa, Fla

JAMA. 1991;265(16):2064.

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To the Editor.—

The January 9, 1991, issue of JAMA contains several articles relating to health care among "Hispanics."

I would like the authors to define what they mean by Hispanics. "Hispanic" is neither a race nor a definite group of people. The word Hispanic presumably refers to Spain, although the articles deal with Latin American immigrants.

I have a very difficult time understanding who a Hispanic is supposed to be and why these people are grouped together. I see no similarity whatsoever from the racial, biological, cultural, or linguistic point of view among these populations. I am well aware of the fact that Hispanic is a word found in many application forms, statistical analyses, etc, but I was never able to understand what this means. I would like to ask the authors of these articles to explain the similarities between an Argentinian of Italian descent, a Bolivian of Indian . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Edited by Drummond Rennie, MD, Deputy Editor (West), and Don Riesenberg, MD, Senior Editor.

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