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Affirmative Action in Medicine
Improving Health Care for Everyone

James L. Curtis, M.D.



An important look at how affirmative action in medical training is key to more equitable health care in the United States

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• Front Matter (60 K)
• Table of Contents (24 K)
• Tables (28 K)
• Preface (44 K)
• Acknowledgments (28 K)
• Introduction (56 K)
• I. Affirmative Action in U.S. Medical Schools (112 K)
• II. Affirmative Action at Cornell (120 K)
• III. Civil Rights in Health Care (92 K)
• IV. Geographical Distribution of Minority Residents (112 K)
• V. Comparing Specialty Choices (80 K)
• VI. Affirmative Action in Medical Education (128 K)
• VII. Thirty-Year Progress Report (140 K)
• VIII. The Future of Affirmative Action in Medicine (148 K)
• Epilogue (32 K)
• References (76 K)
• Index (56 K)

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