Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial And Ethnic Disparities Of Healthcare: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care - Rilegato

Institute Of Medicine (U. S.)

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ISBN 10: 0309085322 ISBN 13: 9780309085328

Casa editrice: Natl Academy Pr, 2002

Riassunto

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. PatientsaEURO (TM) and providersaEURO (TM) attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provideraEURO"patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.

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Book by Smedley Brian D Stith Adrienne Y Nelson Alan R

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• Editore: Natl Academy Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0309085322
• ISBN 13: 9780309085328
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 764