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Affirmative action in medicine : improving health care for everyone / James L. Curtis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curtis, James L., 1922-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Affirmative action programs.
- Right to health.
- Social justice.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- An important look at how affirmative action in medical training is key to more equitable health care in the United States.
- Contents:
- I. Affirmative Action in U.S. Medical Schools 13
- II. Affirmative Action at Cornell 35
- III. Civil Rights in Health Care 58
- IV. Geographical Distribution of Minority Residents 79
- V. Comparing Specialty Choices 103
- VI. Affirmative Action in Graduate Medical Education 118
- VII. Thirty-Year Progress Report: Geographic Location of Practice and Medical Specialty Distribution 149
- VIII. The Future of Affirmative Action in Medicine 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472112982
- 0472112988
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.16597
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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