Unequal treatment : confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care / / 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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (780 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.1/089
• Soggetto topico: Discrimination in medical care; Health services accessibility; Minorities - Medical care; Race discrimination; Racism; Social medicine
• Altri autori: SmedleyBrian D StithAdrienne Y NelsonAlan R (Alan Ray)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FrontMatter -- 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unequal treatment
• ISBN: 1-280-18405-1; 9786610184057; 0-309-50911-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827875803321
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