Racism and health in the United States: A policy statement from the american college of physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 556-557

  Serchen, Josh ^a   Doherty, Robert ^a   Atiq, Omar ^b   Hilden, David ^c  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RACISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RACISM; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85091062593     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M20-4195     Document Type: Article

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