Patients seek clinical interactions where they feel heard. Evgeniia Siiankovskaia/Moment via Getty Images At a recent dental appointment, I was unexpectedly seen by a new provider in my longtime dentist’s practice. Early in the visit, he realized we were both Iranian American. Like me, he had been born and raised in the United States. We were both fluent English speakers and fully accustomed to navigating American medical settings. After we briefly discussed how the war in Iran was affecting ou