Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Uncorre

Description: Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (Uncorrected Proof paperback (not hardcover)) 586 pages. 8-1/2" X 11" X 1-1/2". Published by Institute of Medicine. Copyright 2002 by the National Academy of Sciences. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received.In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed.How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve providerâ€"patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction and Literature Review2 The Healthcare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities3 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors4 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Clinical Encounter5 Interventions: Systemic Strategies6 Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in the Health Professions7 Data Collection and Monitoring8 Needed ResearchReferencesAppendixesA Data Sources and MethodsB Literature ReviewC Federal-Level and Other Initiatives to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HealthcareD Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Highlights from Focus Group FindingsE Committee and Staff BiographiesPaper Contributions The National Academy Press published the reports issued by the National Academies -- the national Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States.

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