• Front Matter R1-R16

• Summary 1-28

• 1 Introduction and Literature Review 29-79

• 2 The Healthcare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities 80-124

• 3 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors 125-159

• 4 Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Clinical Encounter 160-179

• 5 Interventions: Systemic Strategies 180-198

• 6 Interventions: Cross-Cultural Education in the Health Professions 199-214

• 7 Data Collection and Monitoring 215-234

• 8 Needed Research 235-243

• References 244-268

• Appendixes 269-270

• A Data Sources and Methods 271-284

• B Literature Review 285-383

• C Federal-Level and Other Initiatives to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare 384-391

• D Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Highlights from Focus Group Findings 392-405

• E Committee and Staff Biographies 406-414

• Paper Contributions 415-416

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment: A Review of the Evidence and a Consideration of Causes - H. Jack Geiger 417-454

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Background and History - W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton 455-527

• The Rationing of Healthcare and Health Disparity for the American Indians/Alaska Natives - Jennie R. Joe 528-551

• Patient-Provider Communication: The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on Process and Outcomes of Healthcare - Lisa A. Cooper and Debra L. Roter 552-593

• The Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and Class Disparities in Healthcare - Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Cara James, Byron J. Good, and Anne E. Becker 594-625

• The Civil Rights Dimension of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status - Thomas E. Perez 626-663

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: Issues in the Design, Structure, and Administration of Federal Healthcare Financing Programs Supported Through Direct Public Funding - Sara Rosenbaum 664-698

• The Impact of Cost Containment Efforts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Conceptualization - Thomas Rice 699-721

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: An Ethical Analysis of When and How They Matter - Madison Powers and Ruth Faden 722-738

• Index 739-764

" Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: A Background and History - W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton ." Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (full printed version) . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003 .

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