Balancing the scales of opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : ensuring racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions / / Committee on Increasing Minority Participation in the Health Professions, Marion Ein Lewin and Barbara Rice, editor , Office of Health Policy Programs and Fellowships, Institute of Medicine

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (100 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.11/913621/08693
• Soggetto topico: Minorities in medicine - United States; Medical personnel
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LewinMarion Ein RiceBarbara
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""BALANCING THE SCALES OF OPPORTUNITY""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""FINDINGS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM""; ""Need to Improve Health Services for Minorities""; ""Professional Development for All Personnel""; ""Loss in Economic Productivity""; ""Influencing and Improving Public Policy""; ""Facilitating Institutional Change""; ""Community Leadership and Advocacy""; ""Relevance to Health Care Reform""; ""Relevance to Reform in Public Education"" ; ""2 Factors That Define the Pipeline""""WHERE THE LEAK BEGINS""; ""Medical School""; ""The Admissions Process""; ""Other Health Professions Schools""; ""Allied Health""; ""FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MINORITY UNDERREPRESENTATION""; ""Overt Racism or Lack of Concern?""; ""Problems in Funding""; ""Lack of Institutional Commitment""; ""Regents of California v. Bakke""; ""Individual and Community Responsibilities""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""3 Lessons from Successful Programs""; ""MEDICAL SCHOOL LEVEL""; ""The Admissions Process""; ""Fostering Academic Careers""; ""Faculty Development"" ; ""POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS""""COLLEGE PROGRAMS""; ""College-Level Summer Program""; ""Faculty Development""; ""UNIVERSITY OUTREACH""; ""HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM""; ""COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""4 Sharing Visions and Working Toward the Future""; ""BUILDING THE VISION""; ""Improved Mathematics and Science Learning""; ""Commitment to Excellence""; ""Collaborative Efforts""; ""Value on Diversity""; ""The Right Attitude for Learning""; ""Culturally Sensitive Communications""; ""Mentorship""; ""Improved Evaluation and Dissemination Efforts""; ""Improved, Coordinated Resources"" ; ""Improving Health Services for Minorities""""MOVING THE VISION FORWARD""; ""Community-Wide Initiative""; ""Commitment and Initiatives of Academic Health Centers""; ""The Media and Health Careers""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""A: Listing of Workshop Participants and Commissioned Papers""; ""WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS""; ""COMMISSIONED PAPERS""; ""B: Further Sources of Information""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PROGRAMS""
• Titolo autorizzato: Balancing the scales of opportunity
• ISBN: 1-280-19335-2; 9786610193356; 0-309-58677-1; 0-585-01991-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456254303321
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