Week 9 - Health Care Delivery: Physicians Treatment of Patients

Week 9

Health Care Delivery: Physicians Treatment of Patients

Reading 1: Barr Chapter 8 (pg. 197-229)

Reading 2: Rosenthal Chapter 3 (pg. 55-86)

Video 1: If Not Us, Who? J&J

https://youtu.be/h5xnowNeTN4Links to an external site.

Guiding Questions:

What are the differences in the treatment of heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, mental illness and pain by race/ethnicity?

What changes can be made by physicians to provide better health care to non-white individuals?

There are two textbooks required for this class: Can find online for free

Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Determinants of Health. By Donald Barr 3rd edition.

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal