Spectre of racism in health and health care: lessons from history and the United States.

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dc.contributor.authorBhopal, Raj
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:58Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:58Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractInequalities in health and health care in relation to race and ethnicity pose ethical problems of which racism is the most disquieting. One controversial inequality is the poor health of African Americans—their life expectancy in 1993 was 7.1 years less than that of white Americans. La Veist et al have shown that the disparity has increased over this century. The deficit arises from excess mortality in relation to many causes of death, and is partly explained by differences in income.
dc.description.urihttps://www.bmj.com/content/316/7149/1970.long
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/a0sz-esfm
dc.identifier.citationBhopal, Raj (1998) Spectre of racism in health and health care: lessons from history and the United States. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 316 (7149). pp. 1970-1973.
dc.identifier.issn0959-8138
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2688
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23355
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectInequalities in health and health care
dc.subjectrace and ethnicity
dc.subjectracism
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjecthistorical perspective
dc.titleSpectre of racism in health and health care: lessons from history and the United States.
dc.typeArticle

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