#BlackLivesMatter-a challenge to the medical and public health communities

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1085-1087

  Bassett, Mary T ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; BLACK PERSON; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84925064202     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1500529     Document Type: Article

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