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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814503203321

Titolo

In the nation's compelling interest : ensuring diversity in the health-care workforce / / Committee on Institutional and Policy-Level Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the U.S. Health Care Workforce, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Stith Butler, Lonnie R. Bristow, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-16661-6

1-280-17654-7

9786610176540

0-309-53058-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 409 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SmedleyBrian D

ButlerAdrienne Stith

BristowLonnie R

Disciplina

610/.71/173

Soggetti

Discrimination in medical education - United States - Prevention

Medical colleges - United States - Admission

Minorities in medicine - United States

Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States

Medical personnel - Recruiting - United States

Affirmative action programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reconceptualizing Admissions Policies and Practices -- 3 Costs and Financing of Health Professions Education -- 4 Accreditation and Diversity in Health Professions -- 5 Transforming the Institutional Climate to Enhance Diversity in Health Professions -- 6 Community Benefit as a Tool for Institutional Reform -- 7 Mechanisms to Garner Support for Institutional and Policy-Level Diversity Initiatives -- APPENDIXES -- A Data Sources and Methods -- B Committee and Staff Biographies --



Commissioned Papers -- Paper Contribution A: Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions: A Look at Best Practices in Admissions--Gabriel Garcia, Cathryn L. Nation, and Neil H. Parker -- Paper Contribution B: The Role of Public Financing in Improving Diversity in the Health Professions--Karen Matherlee -- Paper Contribution C: The Role of Accreditation in Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Professions--Norma E. Wagoner, Ph.D., Leon Johnson, D.Ed., M.B.A., and Harry S. Jonas, M.D. -- Paper Contribution D: Diversity Considerations in Health Professions Education--Jeffrey F. Milem, Eric L. Dey, and Casey B. White, -- Index.