Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities

Book info: Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities (Hardcover, 500 pages) – McGraw Hill / Medical, 2005. Language: English.

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An essential guide to clinical issues encountered during management of patients of varied cultural and economic backgrounds

This essential text assists health care students and practitioners in delivering skilled and appropriate care to all patients, no matter their ethnicity, country of origin, cultural history, or access to services. Presenting need-to-know and often hard to find information on differences in access to heath care, immunization histories, disease prevalence, attitudes about health and provision of care, and much more, this resource provides practical, authoritative, and specific guidance. About the Author David Satcher, MD, PhD
Former US Surgeon General
Formerly: Director, CDC
Currently: Director, National Center for Primary Care Medicine
Morehouse Medical School
Board of Directors, Johnson and Johnson Inc.

Rubens J. Pamies, MD
Chairman of Medicine
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee

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