Unequal treatment confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care

The National Academy Press in Washington, D.C., presents the full text of "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care," a book published in 2002 from the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. The book relates the findings of the National Insti...

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Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (-)
Otros Autores: Smedley, Brian D. (-), Stith, Adrienne Y., Nelson, Alan R. (Alan Ray)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press ©2003.
Colección:National Academies ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.