Health effects of dramatic societal events - Ramifications of the recent presidential election

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 23, 2017, Pages 2295-2299

  Williams, David R ^a,c   Medlock, Morgan M ^b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MUSLIM; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY; MIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; RACISM; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020387980     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms1702111     Document Type: Article

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