Are black Americans entitled to equal health care? A new research paradigm

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 56-68

  Menefee, Larry Tatum ^a  

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Author keywords

Health Care; Racial Equality; Reform Initiatives

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030476570     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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