Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads with Healthcare Reform

• Introduction.- Historical Perspectives of Healthcare Disparities: Is the Past Prologue?.- Epidemiology Profiles of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare.- Cultural Diversity in Medicine: Health Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities.- Perspective: Healthcare and the Politics of Race.- Perspective: The Spectrum of Healthcare Disparities in the United States.- Perspective: Barriers to Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Practice: Lessons From the IOM  Report “Unequal Treatment”.- Perspective: Second-Class Medicine: Implications of Evidence-Based Medicine for Improving Minority Access to Healthcare.- Perspective: The Compelling Need for Health Literacy.- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Overview of the Health Reform Law and Its Impact on Healthcare Disparities.- The Diversity Benefit: How Does Diversity Among Health Professionals Address Public Needs?.- The Role of Communities in Eliminating Healthcare Disparities: Getting Down to the Grass Roots.- The Potential Impact of Performance Incentive Programs on Racial Disparities in Healthcare.- Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare Through Quality Improvement.- Monitoring Socioeconomic Determinants for Healthcare Disparities: Tools from the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project.- Perspective: Title VI, Healthcare Reform, and the Need for a State Anti-Discrimination Law.- Quality of Care and Disparities: The Evolving Role of Government.- The Association of Black Cardiologists: A Small Group Success Story in Addressing Healthcare Disparities.- Breathing Easier in Seattle: Addressing Asthma Disparities Through Healthier Housing.- Breast and Prostate Cancer Healthcare Disparities.- The Role of Health IT in Eliminating Disparities.- Remote Area Medical: Pioneers of No Cost Healthcare.- Principles for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare Under Healthcare Reform

From the reviews: "This book discusses healthcare disparities within the context of healthcare reform. ... The audience includes anyone who has a vested interest in healthcare. ... There is no comparable book on the market. Many books address health disparities but not in the manner this one does. It presents the root causes of disparities, discusses the current legislation, and then presents some living examples within the clinical arena. The backdrop of healthcare reform as a platform for attacking health disparities makes this book unique." (Carole Ann Kenner, Doody's Review Service, May, 2011)