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A monumental compendium on one of the most crucial topics confronting those in public health and health policy, Race, Ethnicity, and Health brings together the best peer reviewed research literature from the leading scholars and faculty in this growing field. This original and much-needed resource will be invaluable to graduate students and researchers alike. The book provides a historical and political context for the study of health, race, and ethnicity, with key findings on disparities in access, use, and quality. This volume also examines the role of health care providers in health disparities and discusses the issue of matching patients and doctors by race.
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Primarily published over the course of the last ten years, 37 papers that address issues of the interrelationship between race, ethnicity, and differential health outcomes among different populations in contemporary American society are presented by LaVeist (health policy and management, Johns Hopkins U.). The papers are largely drawn from scientific journals and are organized into sections that explore historical and political considerations; conceptual issues; disparities in health care access, utilization, and quality; a variety of hypotheses for the existence of racial and ethnic variations in health status; the role of health providers in producing disparity; views of patient factors; and factors of patient-provider interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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