BookDonald A. Barr, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and (by courtesy) in the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Summary: "The health care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide health disparities persist between different social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. Donald A. Barr's Health Disparities in the United States explores how socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact with socioeconomic inequality to create and perpetuate these health disparities."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents:
Introduction to the social roots of health disparities
What is "health"? how should we define it? how should we measure it?
The relationship between socioeconomic status and health, or, "they call it 'poor health' for a reason"
Understanding how low social status leads to poor health
Race, ethnicity, and health
Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health : which is more important in affecting health status?
Children's health disparities
All things being equal ... does race/ethnicity affect how physicians treat patients?
Why does race/ethnicity affect the way physicians treat patients?
When, if ever, is it appropriate to use a patient's race/ethnicity to guide medical decisions?
What should we do to reduce health disparities?
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