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" Health disparities in the United States : "
Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and (by courtesy) in the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
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845452
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Barr, Donald A.
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Health disparities in the United States : : social class, race, ethnicity, and health /\ Donald A. Barr, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and (by courtesy) in the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
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Second edition.
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, [2014]
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, ©2014
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xvii, 308 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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1421414759
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1421414767
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9781421414768
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-296) and index.
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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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"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.
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Equality-- Health aspects-- United States.
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Health services accessibility-- United States.
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Health-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Medical economics-- United States.
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Minorities-- Health and hygiene-- United States.
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Social medicine-- United States.
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Equality-- Health aspects.
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Gesundheit.
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Health services accessibility.
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Health-- Social aspects.
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Medical economics.
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Minorities-- Health and hygiene.
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Social medicine.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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Soziale Ungleichheit.
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Health Status Disparities.
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Ethnic Groups.
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Healthcare Disparities-- ethnology.
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Prejudice-- ethnology.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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United States.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1089
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RA418.3.U6B37 2014
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2014 L-392
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WA 300 AA1
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