Atrue public health solution to inadequate care would focus resources on improving the quality of care and self-care regardless of race.

SallySatel's research indicates that the major causes of health disparities are socioeconomic (e.g., access), health literacy (e.g. general level of education), and attitudes toward health.

Many experts today insist that race profoundly affects how the medical-care system deals with patients and that a black patient will get inferior care. Is this true?

The "biased-doctor" model is a woeful misimpression of reality, but one that has become a staple of the "health disparities" campaign.

Cigarette smoke may not be an equal opportunity carcinogen.

Are doctors prejudiced?

The HHS report on health care disparities rightly attacks the disparity issue as a socioeconomic problem tied to access to quality care and to the health literacy of potential patients.

Are differences in treatment due to deliberate discrimination or other (less invidious) factors?