Disparity vs inequity: Toward reconceptualization of pain treatment disparities

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 613-623

  Meghani, Salimah H ^a   Gallagher, Rollin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Inequities; Minorities; Pain; Pain Treatment; Race

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPARITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INEQUITY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINORITY GROUP; MORALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RACISM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PAIN; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 48449100457     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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