Health Care Disparities and Vulnerable Patients

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0:15 - Disparities in Health and Health Care and Health Equity: Alicia Fernandez, MD
30:20 - Vulnerability, Narrative and the Therapeutic Alliance: Dean Schillinger, MD
1:06:55 - Audience Questions

Medical research over the last two decades has clearly documented that people of lower socioeconomic status and from minority racial and ethnic backgrounds have worse health, worse access to medical care and often receive a lower standard of health care. Dr. Dean Schillinger and Dr. Alicia Fernandez explore the challenges and successes of caring for vulnerable populations. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [12/2017] [Show ID: 32936]