Disparities in health and health care: Focusing efforts to eliminate unequal burdens

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-17

  Baldwin, Dee M ^a  

^a Georgia's State Off Women's Hlth   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ethnic and racial minorities; Health disparities; Unequal burden

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING; POVERTY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 1242327350     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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