A Community Mobilizes to End Medical Apartheid

• Published in: Progress in community health partnerships Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 317 - 325
• Main Authors: Golub, Maxine, Calman, Neil, Ruddock, Charmaine, Agarwal, Nisha, Davis, Joyce H, Foley, Robert L, Purcaro, Ellenrita, Backer, Barbara A, Devia, Carlos, Linnell, Jill, Mathur, Ruchi, Sachdev, Neha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers - economics; Academic Medical Centers - legislation & jurisprudence; African Americans; Civil rights; Civil Rights - legislation & jurisprudence; Civil rights movements; Community Participation; Equal rights; Health care access; Health Care Coalitions; Health care policy; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Health Services Accessibility - legislation & jurisprudence; Health Status Disparities; Healthcare Disparities - economics; Healthcare Disparities - ethnology; Healthcare Disparities - legislation & jurisprudence; Hispanic Americans; Human rights; Humans; Medically Uninsured - ethnology; Medically Uninsured - legislation & jurisprudence; Meetings; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority Groups; New York City - epidemiology; Prejudice; Press conferences; Public awareness; State regulations; United States; New York; United States > US

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