Socially-assigned race, healthcare discrimination and preventive healthcare services.

Race and ethnicity, typically defined as how individuals self-identify, are complex social constructs. Self-identified racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to receive preventive care and more likely to report healthcare discrimination than self-identified non-Hispanic whites. However, beyond sel...

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Main Authors: Tracy Macintosh, Mayur M Desai, Tene T Lewis, Beth A Jones, Marcella Nunez-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660607?pdf=render