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Health and civil rights
Author(s) -
Perez Thomas E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(20010101)91:1+<217::aid-cncr7>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health
Racial discrimination is one factor that contributes to racial and ethnic disparities in health. Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities is both a civil rights and a public health challenge, and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is working to eliminate discriminatory barriers that may prevent communities of color from accessing quality health care.