Description: Further DetailsTitle: Race, Ethnicity, and HealthCondition: NewEAN: 9781118049082ISBN: 9781118049082Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/02/2012Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 178mmItem Width: 46mmItem Weight: 1372gLanguage: EnglishDescription: Race, Ethnicity and Health, Second Edition, is a critical selection of hallmark articles that address health disparities in America. It effectively documents the need for equal treatment and equal health status for minorities. Intended as a resource for faculty and students in public health as well as the social sciences, it will be also be valuable to public health administrators and frontline staff who serve diverse racial and ethnic populations. The book brings together the best peer reviewed research literature from the leading scholars and faculty in this growing field, providing a historical and political context for the study of health, race, and ethnicity, with key findings on disparities in access, use, and quality. This volume also examines the role of health care providers in health disparities and discusses the issue of matching patients and doctors by race. New chapters cover: reflections on demographic changes in the US based on the current census; metrics and nomenclature for disparities; theories of genetic basis for disparities; the built environment; residential segregation; environmental health; occupational health; health disparities in integrated communities; Latino health; Asian populations; stress and health; physician/patient relationships; hospital treatment of minorities; the slavery hypertension hypothesis; geographic disparities; and intervention design. Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: MedicineTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesSubtitle: A Public Health ReaderContributor: Thomas A. LaVeist (Edited by), Lydia A. Isaac (Edited by)Author: Thomas A. LaVeistBook Series: Public Health/Vulnerable PopulationsRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Race, Ethnicity, and Health
Title: Race, Ethnicity, and Health
EAN: 9781118049082
ISBN: 9781118049082
Release Date: 11/02/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Medicine
Topic: Social Sciences
Subtitle: A Public Health Reader
Contributor: Lydia A. Isaac (Edited by)
Number of Pages: 848 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Race, Ethnicity, and Health : a Public Health Reader
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Subject: Minority Studies, Public Health, Health Care Delivery, Sociology / General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1.6 in
Item Weight: 45.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Lydia A. Isaac
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Medical
Item Length: 9.1 in
Series: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations Ser.
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
