In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is,

The need for informed analyses of health policy is now greater than ever. The twelve essays in this volume show that public debates routinely bypass complex eth

Challenging students to think critically about the complex web of social forces that leads to health disparities in the United States. The health care system in

How can we all work together to eliminate the avoidable injustices that plague our health care system and society? Health is determined by far more than a perso