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Addressing Racial Healthcare Disparities: How Can We Shift the Focus from Patients to Providers?

Journal of General Internal Medicine volume 26, pages 828–830 (2011)Cite this article

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    Diana J. Burgess PhD

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55417, USA

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Burgess, D.J. Addressing Racial Healthcare Disparities: How Can We Shift the Focus from Patients to Providers?. J GEN INTERN MED 26, 828–830 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1748-z

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Keywords

  • Racial Disparity
  • White Privilege
  • Patient Race
  • Provider Factor
  • Cultural Competency Training