Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities

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"Former Surgeon General David Satcher and Rubens J. Pamies...have recruited 81 scholars - epidemiologists, demographers, clinicians, health service researchers, behavioral scientists, and others - from more than 40 academic medical centers, government agencies, research institutions, foundations, and think tanks...The result is a book that is well documented, lucid, comprehensive, and easily accessible - owing in no small measure to an inspired use of tables and figures to summarize evidence...this book should be on the desks - not the shelves - of physicians, students of the health professions, policymakers, and legislators."--New England Journal of Medicine New England Journal of Medicine 20060713 "This single volume, edited by David Satcher and Rubens Pamies, focuses primarily on racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. Discussion of health care disparities is woven into many of the book's 34 chapters...I am confident that [this book] will serve as a valuable reference source for researchers and policy makers and as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate students for the remainder of the decade."--Journal of the American Medical Association Journal of American Medical Association 20060516

• 1. Immigration Pattern and Demographic Changes and Its Impact on U.S. Health 2.Cultural Competencies in Clinical Medicine: The Patient Encounter3. The Impact of Culture on Health Outcomes 4. Compliance with Medical Treatment 5. Immunization and Preventive Health Care 6. Obesity and Nutrition 7. Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension 8. Diabetes 9. Oncology10. Hemoglobinopathies11. Pregnancy, Prenatal Healthcare, and the Newborn12. Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, and Violence13. The AIDS Epidemic and Other Infectious Diseases in the Underserved and Minority Population14. Transplantation and Organ Donation15. Stress and Mental Health16. Pain Management17. Bioterrorism18. Participation of Minorities in Research and Clinical Trial – Lingering Impact of Tuskegee or New Concerns19. The Role of Different Provider Types in Cultural Medicine20. The Role of Government and Social Programs on Health Outcome in the Minority /Underserved Community21. The Future of Health Care The Cost of No Change