Physicians' ethical responsibilities in addressing racial and ethnic healthcare disparities

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1329-1334

  Bostick, Nathan ^a   Morin, Karine ^a   Benjamin, Regina ^b   Higginson, Daniel ^c  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health disparities; Patient centered care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746743750     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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