Structural Vulnerability: Operationalizing the Concept to Address Health Disparities in Clinical Care

Academic Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 299-307

  Bourgois, Philippe ^a   Holmes, Seth M ^b   Sue, Kim ^c   Quesada, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978525284     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001294     Document Type: Review

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