Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Disparities in Health Care
of numerous chronic diseases. The main focus of this editorial was to highlight the disparities in health care delivery due to racial, ethnic, and cultural factors. In this regard, the publisher focused on examining why patients from minorities experience greater mortality and morbidity from several chronic diseases unlike non-minorities despite the significant medical advances. The editorial focused on three studies that were published on the issue of race, ethnicity, and disparities in the delivery of health care services to various patient populations. The first study by Trivedi and Ayanian focused on examining the sources and root causes of racial and ethnic disparities in health… Continue Reading...