confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care /
First Statement of Responsibility
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-268) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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 Institute of Medicine's Committee for Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. It was edited by Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson. The findings show that racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower quality of healthcare in the United States than do non-minorities.
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ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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3375849
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Unequal treatment.
International Standard Book Number
0309084032
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Discrimination in medical care.
Health services accessibility.
Minorities-- Medical care.
Race discrimination.
Racism, Cross-cultural studies.
Social medicine.
Ethnic Groups.
Health Services Accessibility.
Minority Groups.
Quality of Health Care.
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux.
Discrimination raciale.
Médecine sociale.
Minorités-- Soins médicaux.
Racisme-- Études transculturelles.
Santé, Services de-- Accessibilité
Accès aux soins de santé
Discrimination in medical care.
Diskriminierung
Éducation interculturelle.
Étude transculturelle.
Fallstudiensammlung
Groupe ethnique.
Health services accessibility.
Médecine sociale.
Medizinische Versorgung
Minorité ethnique.
Minorities-- Medical care.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs & Administration.
Qualité des soins de santé
Race discrimination.
Racism.
Racisme.
Rassendiscriminatie.
Recht op gezondheidszorg.
Service de santé
Social medicine.
Soins médicaux.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
États-Unis.
Schwarze.
USA.
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POL-- 017000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
352
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1/089
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA563
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M56
Book number
U53
2003eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
44
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06
Class number
MS
6200
Class number
2003
E-242
Class number
WA
300
Book Number
U515
2003
System Code
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System Code
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PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Nelson, Alan R., (Alan Ray)
Smedley, Brian D.
Stith, Adrienne Y.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.