Unequal treatment :  confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care / 
Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson, editors ; Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Academy Press,  c2003. 
 - xvi, 764 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. +  1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-268) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/><br/>1. Introduction and Literature Review <br/>2. The HealthCare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities <br/>3. Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors <br/>4. Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Clinical Encounter <br/>5. Interventions: Systemic Strategies <br/>6. Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in the Health Professions <br/>7. Data Collection and Monitoring <br/>8. Needed Research 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>030908265X (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discrimination in medical care.<br/>Health services accessibility.<br/>Minorities--Medical care.<br/>Race discrimination.<br/>Racism--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Social medicine.<br/>Health Services Accessibility--United States.<br/>Ethnic Groups--United States.<br/>Minority Groups--United States.<br/>Quality of Health Care--United States.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 300.1 U56 2003