Why are health disparities everyone's problem? / Lisa Cooper.

"The author considers an array of factors that produce health inequities, including social conditions, economic policies, the physical environment, institutional factors, health system factors, social relationships, risk behaviors, and biological factors. The author argues that everyone's health is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Lisa A. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
Series:Johns Hopkins wavelengths.
Subjects:
Health services accessibility > United States.
Medical policy > Social aspects > United States.
Health Status Disparities.
Vulnerable Populations.
Health Equity.
Healthcare Disparities.
United States.
MEDICAL / Public Health.
Health services accessibility.
Medical policy > Social aspects.
Physical Description:xxv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The "Personhood" of Patients
  • The Patient-Physician Relationship
  • Developing Solutions to Health Care Disparities
  • The Center for Health Equity
  • From Research to Practice and Policy
  • A Global Perspective on Health Equity
  • Health Equity in the Era of Covid-19.