Spectre of racism in health and health care: Lessons from history and the United States

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7149, 1998, Pages 1970-1973

  Bhopal, Raj ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032572362     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7149.1970     Document Type: Short Survey

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