Neurology. 2012 Jun 13. [Epub ahead of print]
Deconstructing health disparities: It's not just about race.
Source
From the NIH Stroke Program, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Abstract
In view of the sacred covenant of physicians, the Hippocratic Oath, the medical community continually strives to provide timely and appropriate medical care to all patients without consideration of person, place, or insurance status. Some would purport that medical triage, acute care, and long-term follow-up in the United States are ethical, appropriate, and nonbiased, when compared with the rest of the world. However, the reality is that racial, ethnic, geographic, and social disparities continue to exist in this country.(1).
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