Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

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Letters18 January 2005Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health CareM. E. Nassar, MD, PhDM. E. Nassar, MD, PhDFrom Pittsford, NY 14534-2566.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-2-200501180-00017 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The American College of Physicians' position paper on racial and ethnic disparities in health care (1) is of prime importance and is a step in the right direction. However, my concern is that the root causes of these disparities have not been adequately explored. During the past 30 years, the business aspect of medicine has invaded the sacrosanct physician–patient relationship. As a result, family physicians have disappeared, especially in rural areas, and have been replaced by health maintenance organizations and organized group physician practices, which gravitated toward cities and large university medical centers. Unless minority physicians could ...Reference1. Groman R, Ginsburg J; American College of Physicians. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care: a position paper of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:226-32. [PMID: 15289223] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Pittsford, NY 14534-2566. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Health CareRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Kenneth L. Cohen Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Charles K. Francis Metrics 18 January 2005Volume 142, Issue 2Page: 153KeywordsAcademic medicineHealth careHealth disparitiesRural areasSub-specialty careSurgery ePublished: 18 January 2005 Issue Published: 18 January 2005 CopyrightCopyright © 2005 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...