Health Care Delivery: Physicians Treatment of Patients
Reading 1: Barr Chapter 8 (pg. 197-229)
Reading 2: Rosenthal Chapter 3 (pg. 55-86)
Video 1: If Not Us, Who? J&J
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Guiding Questions:
What are the differences in the treatment of heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, mental illness and pain by race/ethnicity?
What changes can be made by physicians to provide better health care to non-white individuals?
There are two textbooks required for this class: Can find online for free
Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Determinants of Health.
By Donald Barr 3rd edition.
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back by Elisabeth
Rosenthal