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Race, Ethnicity, and Pain Treatment: Striving to Understand the Causes and Solutions to the Disparities in Pain Treatment

Vence L. Bonham
Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2001

Abstract:
Racial and ethnic minorities are at higher risk for the ineffective treatment of pain. While others have investigated racial and ethnic disparities in access to health services generally, this article represents the first comprehensive review of the literature on racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of pain. In addition to conducting this review, the author also outlines some of the causes for the disparities as well as provides suggestions for future health-services research in this area.

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Date posted: June 25, 2001 ; Last revised: June 25, 2001

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Bonham, Vence L., Race, Ethnicity, and Pain Treatment: Striving to Understand the Causes and Solutions to the Disparities in Pain Treatment. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=274638

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Vence L. Bonham (Contact Author)

Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine ( email )