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Keif halik? (How are you?)

A basic Arabic greeting and other cultural touches help foreign-born patients feel at home in area hospitals

By Kay Lazar
Globe Correspondent / November 3, 2005

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The space is about the size of a walk-in closet and, given its high-tech surroundings, is decidedly low-key. (Full article: 910 words)

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