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Category: Health Policy
Dearth of Socioeconomic Diversity in the Medical Profession
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/06/09/the-outrageous-cost-of-working-in-medicine/ “60 percent of medical students, for example, hail from families with incomes in the top 20 percent of the … More
Why We Need More Health Disparities Training in Medical School
When I was growing up, my mother often recounted the story of a dermatologist who figured out that the fungal … More
Health Reform Law went into effect yesterday
“There are two big parts of the health reform law going into effect today. One penalizes hospitals if patients are … More
Grappling with how health disparities research could yield detrimental outcomes for those very populations deemed to be “underrepresented” or “marginalized”
“Without the cooperation and input of doctors and health officials, the CDC would never have understood the full range of … More
“the cumulative stress of racism is taking a toll on African American families even before they are born”
“Even when doctors did not force poor or nonwhite women to accept sterilization as a method of contraception, social and … More
A War on Women
We are in an economic recession. While some monetary sacrifices for governmental agencies are inevitable, the latest push to deprive … More
Agent Orange
There is no denying that the Vietnam War was one of the most devastating military conflicts in the history of … More
