EI n behalf on the Institute of Medicine and my colleagues on the committee, I would like to
outline the major find-ings and recommendations of our report, Un-equal Treatment …

This article develops a conceptual model of cultural competency's potential to reduce racial
and ethnic health disparities, using the cultural competency and disparities literature to lay …

A disproportionate number of cancer deaths occur among racial/ethnic minorities,
particularly African Americans, who have a 33% higher risk of dying of cancer than whites …

There is extensive evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of health care. The potential
contribution of provider behavior to such disparities has remained largely unexplored. Do …

Objective. Little is known about why black patients and other ethnic/racial minorities are less
likely to receive the best treatments independent of clinical appropriateness, payer, and …

Introduction. There is reliable evidence that racial/ethnic minorities suffer disproportionately
from unrelieved pain compared with Whites. Several factors may contribute to disparities in …

Numerous authors have critiqued the use of race as an etiologic quantity in medical
research. Despite this criticism, the use of variables encoding racial/ethnic categorization …

Objectives. We examined racial and ethnic disparities in analgesic prescription among a
national sample of emergency department patients. Methods. We analyzed Black, Latino …

Disparities in health can result from the clinical encounter between a doctor and a patient.
This paper studies three possible mechanisms: prejudice of doctors in the form of being less …

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice The health care system in the United States has
been called the best in the world, but many of its residents cannot afford or do not have …