Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities

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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.

Author: David Satcher, Rubens Pamies
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 500
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.66lbs
Size: 9.32h x 7.64w x 1.46d
ISBN: 9780071436809

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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