11. Health- Care Disparities: Women, Hispanics, Elderly, Gay

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
4. Preface xv
5. Introduction: My Fellow Humans 1
6. 1. It Takes a Village: Memphis 15
7. 2. Scrub Nurse 35
8. 3. Becoming a Doctor: Stanford 63
9. 4. Becoming a Surgeon: Yale 85
10. 5. Combat Surgeon: Death and Our Common Humanity 109
11. 6. Getting toward Equal: Sweden 133
12. 7. A Man Ain’t Nothin’ but a Man 153
13. 8. Orthopedic Chief: Harvard 177
14. 9. Diagnosis and Treatment: The Subconscious at Work 199
15. 10. Health- Care Disparities: Race 211
16. 11. Health- Care Disparities: Women, Hispanics, Elderly, Gay 233
17. 12. Culturally Competent Care 257
18. Epilogue 281
19. Some Practical Suggestions for Patients and Physicians 297
20. National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services 305
21. Notes 309
22. Acknowledgments 321
23. Index 325