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Unequal treatment : confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care
- Title
- Unequal treatment : confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care / Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson, editors ; Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.
- Description
- xvi, 764 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Other contributors
- Smedley, Brian D. Stith, Adrienne Y. Nelson, Alan R. (Alan Ray) Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-268) and index. Also available online.
- Contents
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- 1. Introduction and Literature Review
- 2. The HealthCare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities
- 3. Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors
- 4. Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Clinical Encounter
- 5. Interventions: Systemic Strategies
- 6. Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in the Health Professions
- 7. Data Collection and Monitoring
- 8. Needed Research
- App. C. Federal-Level and Other Initiatives to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare
- App. D. Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Highlights from Focus Group Findings
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment: A Review of the Evidence and a Consideration of Causes / H. Jack Geiger
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Background and History / W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton
- The Rationing of Healthcare and Health Disparity for the American Indians/Alaska Natives / Jennie R. Joe
- Patient-Provider Communication: The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Process and Outcomes of Healthcare / Lisa A. Cooper and Debra L. Roter
- The Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and Class Disparities in Healthcare / Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Cara James, Byron J. Good and Anne E. Becker
- The Civil Rights Dimension of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status / Thomas E. Perez
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: Issues in the Design, Structure, and Administration of Federal Healthcare Financing Programs Supported Through Direct Public Funding / Sara Rosenbaum
- The Impact of Cost Containment Efforts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Conceptualization / Thomas Rice
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: An Ethical Analysis of When and How They Matter / Madison Powers and Ruth Faden.
- Subject headings
- Discrimination in medical care. Health services accessibility. Minorities--Medical care. Race discrimination. Racism--Cross-cultural studies. Social medicine.
- Medical subjects
- Ethnicity--United States. Health Services Accessibility--United States. Minority Groups--United States. Quality of Health Care--United States.
- ISBN
- 030908265X (hardcover) 9780309082655 (hardcover) 0309084032 9780309084031 0309085322 (hardcover) 9780309085328 (hardcover)