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Medical Writings |4 January 2005

Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life

Said A. Ibrahim, MD, MPH

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Anderson NB, Bulatao RA, Cohen B. 752 pages. Washington, DC: National Academies Pr; 2004. $69.00. ISBN 0309092116. Order at www.nap.edu.
Field of medicine: Geriatrics and health equity.
Format: Softcover book.
Audience: Gerontologists, health services research, and public health investigators.
Purpose: To provide current evidence and critical overview of research on racial and ethnic differences in health in late life.
Content: The 5 main sections of this book cover topics such as the nature of racial and ethnic differences in health in late life; conceptual and methodologic challenges in this area of research; and the search for causal pathways among economic, social, behavioral, and biobehavioral factors and access to health care that may contribute to racial and ethnic differences in geriatric health and health care. The last 2 sections pose challenges for identifying effective interventions and perspectives from other nations that face similar problems.
Highlights: The book is concise, and it provides an up-to-date review of the ongoing research on racial and ethnic differences in geriatric populations. National and international experts in these areas offer findings from their current work, while sharing the challenges they have identified in...
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Ibrahim SA. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:80. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-1-200501040-00023

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2005;142(1):80.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-1-200501040-00023

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