Lecture Notes for May 7, 2009 (amanda)

Sociology 134 with Lopez Turley at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Racial Domination, Racial Progress: The Sociology of Race in America
Created: 2009-05-07
Size: 18 flashcards
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Patients
(4 answers)

refuse recommended services
follow tratment plans poorly
delay seeking care
biological differneces in response to treaments (but note that differences are not necessarily split by "racial" groups)

Integration (Civil Rights Act)
(2 answers)

black hospitals closed
AMA raised standards and costs

Coverage options
(3 answers)

private health insurace (67%)
Medicaid (17%)
uninsured (16%)

Health Care System
(3 answers)

physician time pressure
insufficient interpretation servicies
disparities of institutions

Sun, May 10th 12:25- 2:25
(1 answer)

Ingraham B10

Health Care History
(2 answers)

Segregated health care facilities (legal and de facto)
Integration (Civil Rights Act)

Health Care WOrkers
(3 answers)

prejudice
clinical uncertainty
stereotypes

Health Care Quality
(3 answers)

When a diagnosis is confirmed, amount of care received caries by race and ethnicity
Minorities tend to receive a lower quality of health care than non-minorities
Example of study controlling for age, insurance staus, and income

Final Exam
(2 answers)

Sun, May 10th 12:25- 2:25
40 multiple choice questions

Health Care Conerage
(2 answers)

Unlike most other industrial countries, the US goverment does not provide health care for all
Instead, access depends on SES

Last Time
(3 answers)

Death rates (from all causes) are highest among blacks
Contagious diseases are generally not a problem in the US
Injuries are not random

Minorities tend to receive a lower quality of health care than non-minorities
(2 answers)

some studies find that SES explains all of it
some find that SES doesn't explain all of it

Potential Sources of Disparities
(3 answers)

Patients
Health Care WOrkers
Health Care System

AMA raised standards and costs
(1 answer)

minority physicians declined

Segregated health care facilities (legal and de facto)
(2 answers)

poor servicies for minorities
but provided opportunities for minority health care workers

Instead, access depends on SES
(1 answer)

large differences by race/ethnicity

black hospitals closed
(2 answers)

Geographic inconvenience
loss of familiarity

Possible Interventions
(5 answers)

De-fragmentation of health plans
Increased stability of doctor-patient relationships
increased proportion of minority doctors
increased interpretation servicies and community health workers
increased resources for investigating discrimination in health care

About this deck

By: amanda ellmaker
Textbook:

Racial Domination, Racial Progress: The Sociology of Race in America
Created: 2009-05-07
Size: 18 flashcards
Views: 16

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