Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads with Healthcare Reform [Paperback]

Building upon the success of Dr. Williams's widely influential book Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report, this new volume takes a fresh and timely look at the state of healthcare reform and the progress and problems we face in the pursuit of healthcare equality. This book focuses on how the elimination of disparities can be accomplished through targeted efforts made within the context of reform.

Comprising the combined efforts of the nation's best health policy analysts, researchers, key opinion leaders and clinicians, this book addresses both current and impending legislation and future movements in healthcare. With the knowledge that the problem of disparities extends beyond the present political arena into the larger scope of all aspects of healthcare delivery, the authors provide critical analysis of the causation of disparities, insightful examples of what has worked, and a striking call to action with implementable strategies for advancing equality.

Building on the success of Dr. Williams's influential first book, this volume takes a timely look at the current state of healthcare reform and the issues we face in the pursuit of healthcare equity. It assembles the ideas of the nations best analysts.

I.Underlying Causes of Healthcare Disparities

1. Introduction
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.

2. Historical Perspectives of Healthcare Disparities: Is the Past Prologue?
Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC

3. Epidemiology Profiles of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare
George A. Mensah, M.D., M.D., FACP, FACC, and Maleeka J. Glover, Sc.D., M.P.H.
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4. Cultural Diversity in Medicine: Health Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC

II. Current Problems

5. Perspective: Healthcalsi