Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care: What is the role of academic medicine?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 788-792

  Betancourt, Joseph R ^a,b,c,d  

^a Disparities Solutions Center   (United States)

^b Institute for Health Policy   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33748272137     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200609000-00004     Document Type: Review

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