Race and Health

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Legal services advocacy challenging racial disparities and discrimination in health care delivery has, for example, led to publicly funded hospitals providing services to persons unable to pay. Racism continues to affect health care delivery, and advocates need to be vigilant and use new strategies, such as filing complaints with the Office for Civil Rights, to protect their clients' rights.

By Jane Perkins From May - June 2002