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Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (full printed version) (2003)
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. "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Background and History - W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton." Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (full printed version). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003.

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Front Matter (R1-R16)
Summary (1-28)
1 Introduction and Literature Review (29-79)
2 The Healthcare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities (80-124)
3 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors (125-159)
4 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Clinical Encounter (160-179)
5 Interventions: Systemic Strategies (180-198)
6 Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in the Health Professions (199-214)
7 Data Collection and Monitoring (215-234)
8 Needed Research (235-243)
References (244-268)
Appendixes (269-270)
A Data Sources and Methods (271-284)
B Literature Review (285-383)
C Federal-Level and Other Initiatives to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare (384-391)
D Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Highlights from Focus Group Findings (392-405)
E Committee and Staff Biographies (406-414)
Paper Contributions (415-416)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment: A Review of the Evidence and a Consideration of Causes - H. Jack Geiger (417-454)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Background and History - W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton (455-527)
The Rationing of Healthcare and Health Disparity for the American Indians/Alaska Natives - Jennie R. Joe (528-551)
Patient-Provider Communication: The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Process and Outcomes of Healthcare - Lisa A. Cooper and Debra L. Roter (552-593)
The Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and Class Disparities in Healthcare - Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Cara James, Byron J. Good, and Anne E. Becker (594-625)
The Civil Rights Dimension of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status - Thomas E. Perez (626-663)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: Issues in the Design, Structure, and Administration of Federal Healthcare Financing Programs Supported Through Direct Public Funding - Sara Rosenbaum (664-698)
The Impact of Cost Containment Efforts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Conceptualization - Thomas Rice (699-721)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: An Ethical Analysis of When and How They Matter - Madison Powers and Ruth Faden (722-738)
Index (739-764)