Workers Help Navigate the Medical Maze: Community Health Workers Lead the Way for Patients in Complex, Confusing World
Author: Marini, Richard A.
Date Published: 2011
This article, written by Richard A. Marini, describes the busy day of Guadalupe Cornejo, who is a CHW at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Cornejo and other CHW (Community Health Workers) answer questions, helps patients make appointments and apply for services and, when necessary, acts as a battering ram to push through the often discouraging medical bureaucracy.
Date Published: 2011
This article, written by Richard A. Marini, describes the busy day of Guadalupe Cornejo, who is a CHW at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Cornejo and other CHW (Community Health Workers) answer questions, helps patients make appointments and apply for services and, when necessary, acts as a battering ram to push through the often discouraging medical bureaucracy.
