TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bristow,Lonnie R.
AU  - Butler,Adrienne Stith
AU  - Smedley,Brian D.
TI  - In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce
SN  - 9780309530583
AV  - R745.I5 2004 
U1  - 610.71173 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Discrimination in medical education-United States-Prevention
KW  - Medical colleges-United States-Admission
KW  - Minorities in medicine-United States
KW  - Minorities-Education (Higher)-United States
KW  - Medical personnel-Recruiting-United States
KW  - Affirmative action programs-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reconceptualizing Admissions Policies and Practices -- 3 Costs and Financing of Health Professions Education -- 4 Accreditation and Diversity in Health Professions -- 5 Transforming the Institutional Climate to Enhance Diversity in Health Professions -- 6 Community Benefit as a Tool for Institutional Reform -- 7 Mechanisms to Garner Support for Institutional and Policy-Level Diversity Initiatives -- APPENDIXES -- A Data Sources and Methods -- B Committee and Staff Biographies -- Commissioned Papers -- Paper Contribution A: Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions: A Look at Best Practices in Admissions--Gabriel Garcia, Cathryn L. Nation, and Neil H. Parker -- Paper Contribution B: The Role of Public Financing in Improving Diversity in the Health Professions--Karen Matherlee -- Paper Contribution C: The Role of Accreditation in Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Professions--Norma E. Wagoner, Ph.D., Leon Johnson, D.Ed., M.B.A., and Harry S. Jonas, M.D. -- Paper Contribution D: Diversity Considerations in Health Professions Education--Jeffrey F. Milem, Eric L. Dey, and Casey B. White, -- Index
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