Health disparities: What can nursing do?

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Smith, Gloria R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Caring; Consequence of inequity; Health disparities; Provider patient relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NURSE ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSE'S ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40549122984     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408314600     Document Type: Note

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