Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g31IbPu05229; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:37:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:37:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20020401183311.28849.qmail@earthlink.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: " Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:782] Minorities Receive Unequal Medical Treatment X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 762 Lines: 15 The following is cross-posted from the Sound Partners Weekly Digest: Minorities Receive Unequal Medical Treatment Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive unequal health care treatment, a problem so serious that it contributes to higher death rates and shorter life spans. The consequences of these disparities are especially devastating for life-threatening conditions, says a recent report commissioned by Congress. Prejudices, biases and stereotypes often compound the inequities, leading the authors of the report to call for increased awareness, more interpreters, more minority physicians and better enforcement of equity laws. For more information, visit: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/minority?OpenDocument --
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