| View Larger Image | Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care | Hardcoverby Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (Author), Brian D. Smedley (Editor), Adrienne Y. Stith (Editor), Alan R. Nelson (Editor)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | National Academies Press | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 782 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 31, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 685,819th |
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Product Description
Report from the Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and the Board on Health Sciences Policy. Examines how disparities in treatment may arise in healthcare systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter contributing to such disparities. Highlights cross-cultural education to improve communication. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Why Bother? by Jane Reader (Albemarle, NC United States)  2 Stars
October 30, 2007
Most of the information in this book is available online. I bought it because it was required for a college course, then I never even opened it.
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Incredibly well researched by Mark Sherry (Toledo OH, United States)  5 Stars
September 28, 2007
This is a really important national study of health disparities in the US - mainly health disparities between African Americans and Caucasians (but other ethnic groups are occasionally mentioned). It shows that African Americans experience higher rates of certain medical conditions than other ethnic groups (e.g. diabetes), but also identifies clinical and practical barriers and forms of discrimination which result in inferior treatment. Importantly, it does not address inequalities which stem from discrepancies in insurance coverage -- this is a major limitation, I think.
A word of warning - this is published by the National Institutes of Medicine, so it is incredibly academic - there is a comprehensive, but somewhat excessive, literature review of some topics that lasts 126 pages. Useful for public health/epidemiology students (particularly grad students), but not for the general reader.
Although there is an Executive Summary at the beginning, it is also written in a very academic, rather than accessible, tone. So I would suggest the intended audience is really public health/epidemiology professionals.
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