Transforming clinical practice to eliminate racial-ethnic disparities in healthcare

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Washington, Donna L ^a,b   Bowles, Jacqueline ^a,b   Saha, Somnath ^c,d   Horowitz, Carol R ^e   Moody Ayers, Sandra ^f   Brown, Arleen F ^b   Stone, Valerie E ^g   Cooper, Lisa A ^h  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Continental population groups; Cultural competence; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Health care delivery; Race; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RACE DIFFERENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449153261     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0481-0     Document Type: Article

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