1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457316503321

Autore

Medicine Institute of

Titolo

Unequal Treatment [[electronic resource] ] : Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2002

ISBN

0-309-15166-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (782 p.)

Disciplina

362.108900973

Soggetti

Discrimination in medical care

Health services accessibility

Minorities -- Medical care

Race discrimination

Racism -- Cross-cultural studies

Social medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""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""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""

""A Data Sources and Methods""""B Literature Review""; ""C Federal-Level and Other Initiatives to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare""; ""D Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Highlights from Focus Group Findings""; ""E Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Paper Contributions""; ""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""; ""Index""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139286303321

Titolo

Air quality in urban environments / / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK, : RSC Publishing, c2009

ISBN

1-84755-965-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Issues in environmental science and technology, , 1350-7583 ; ; 28

Altri autori (Persone)

HesterR. E (Ronald E.)

HarrisonRoy M. <1948->

Disciplina

363.7392091732

628.5/3091732

628.53091732

Soggetti

Air - Pollution

Urban pollution

Air quality management - Government policy

Air - Pollution - Health aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9781847559074_publicity; i_iv; v_vi; vii_x; xi_xii; xiii; 001_022;



023_041; 042_064; 065_084; 085_107; 108_128; 129_145; 146_148

Sommario/riassunto

Urban air quality is a topic which remains high on the scientific and political agenda. Concentrations of most air pollutants are higher in urban areas than in the surrounding rural regions, and given the high population densities, it is within urban areas that the majority of the population receive their air pollutant exposure. Despite the continued implementation of abatement measures, concentrations of air pollutants within urban areas frequently exceed health-based guidelines and stricter measures to restrict emissions are required. This comprehensive volume, written by authoritative autho