Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America

Underlying Causes of Healthcare Disparities.- Historical Perspectives of Healthcare Disparities.- Epidemiology of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare.- Cultural Diversity in Medicine and in Healthcare Delivery.- Current Problems.- Healthcare and the Politics of Race.- Barriers to Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Practice.- Second-Class Medicine.- The Diversity Benefit.- Approaches to Correcting the Problems.- Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare Through Quality Improvement.- Eliminating Racial Discrimination in Healthcare.- Quality of Care and Health Disparities.- The Role of Communities in Eliminating Healthcare Disparities.- The Potential Impact of Performance Incentive Programs on Racial Disparities in Healthcare.- Examples of What Works.- Monitoring Socioeconomic Determinants for Healthcare Disparities.- The Association of Black Cardiologists.- Breathe Easy in Seattle.- Access Health Solutions.- Carolinas Association for Community Health Equity-CACHE.- Concluding Recommendations.- Principles for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare.

From the reviews:



"Richard Allen Williams has assembled a diverse group of contributors - academic researchers, activists, frontline practitioners, and officials of public health agencies - to produce what could have been a sort of interim progress report on the attempt to achieve racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic equity in the quality of health care. ... the core of this collection, offer much that will be of interest to those who are not familiar with the field." (H. Jack Geiger, The New England Journal of Medicine, March, 2008)

"In Eliminating Healthcare Disparities In America: Beyond the IOM Report, Richard A. Williams has assembled a fine collection of articles that thoughtfully address the issue of health care disparities in the aftermath of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Unequal Treatment. I recommend the book to experts and novices interested in the topic. The book is divided into 5 sections ... ." (Darrell J. Gaskin, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 298 (24), 2007)

"Dr. Richard Allen Williams provides a timely text that illuminates the issue of healthcare disparities in a clear and concise format. ... This extraordinary presentation of disparities which has as its first reference, the Bible, is a must read for anyone interested in African American history. ... this timely book is a must read for anyone interested in healthcare disparities and all healthcare providers and administrators in the healthcare field." (Elise D. Cook, JAMA, September, 2007)