The Right to Equal Treatment: An Annotated Bibliography
of Studies on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare,
Their Causes, and Related Issues
Nancy Sohler, Ph.D., P. Jane Walmsley, M.P.H., Erica
Lubetkin, M.D., and H. Jack Geiger, M.D.
Publication Date: January 2003
Physicians for Human Rights put together an
annotated bibliography of key articles in the
peer-reviewed literature on racial and ethnic disparities in
medical care. The articles are organized into 17 disease or
clinical categories; four additional sections present the
related but non-categorical issues of Clinical Trials,
Research Methods, Patient Trust, and Cultural Competency.
Partial support for this project was provided by The
Commonwealth Fund.
The group also convened a distinguished Panel on Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Medical Care to review this
evidence and make
specific recommendations for act
