Training providers on issues of race and racism improve health care equity

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 915-917

  Nelson, Stephen C ^a,b   Prasad, Shailendra ^c   Hackman, Heather W ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Hackman Consulting Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparity; Race; Unconscious bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE EQUITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT T TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING;

ADULT; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RACISM; TEACHING;

EID: 84925459608     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25448     Document Type: Article

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