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Race and Discretion in American Medicine [PDF]

, 2001
The author’s focus in this article is on racial disparities in medical care provision--that is, on differences in the services that clinically similar patients receive when they present to the health care system.
Bloche, Maxwell Gregg
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexuality and Civil Rights: Re-Imagining Anti-Discrimination Laws [PDF]

, 2000
In this essay, I first describe the origins and current status of anti-discrimination laws that cover sexual orientation and/or gender identity. I examine the debates over whether existing laws are underutilized, and I analyze the variations in the ...
Hunter, Nan D.
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Physician Referral Patterns to Physical Therapists for Managing Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From an Integrated Health System

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PTs) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja, Joel M. Stevans, Gustavo J. Almeida, Clair Smith, Janet K. Freburger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pull me – push you? The disparate financing mechanisms of drug research in global health

Globalization and Health
Background There is an inconsistency in the way pharmaceutical research is financed. While pull mechanisms are predominantly used to incentivize later-stage pharmaceutical research for products with demand in the Global North, so-called neglected ...
Max Alexander Matthey, Aidan Hollis
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler, Yunju Im, Sofia Pedro, Ted R. Mikuls, Edward S. Peters, Kaleb Michaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical race theory in a swedish context [PDF]

, 2012
Race has been a term avoided in the Swedish debates, while at the same time, protections with respect to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race or ethnic origins have not been vigilantly upheld by the courts.
Carlson, Laura
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Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Palliative care (PC) has the potential to alleviate suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with serious progressive diseases; however, access to PC remains unequal across different populations.
Gonçalo Sítima, Carlos Galhardo-Branco, Paulo Reis-Pina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting restricted reproductive rights in 2025: what do we need to know now?

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
In the aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on access to reproductive healthcare, we published a commentary in this journal to inform the infectious diseases (ID) community about anticipated worsening of maternal and
Pamela Bailey, Amy Crockett, Julie Ann Justo, Priya Nori   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An integrated approach of community health worker support for HIV/AIDS and TB care in Angónia district, Mozambique

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2009
Background The need to scale up treatment for HIV/AIDS has led to a revival in community health workers to help alleviate the health human resource crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ford Nathan, Candrinho Baltazar, Frieden Marthe, Chu Kathryn, Simon Sandrine, Schneider Helen, Biot Marc   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source