Category Archives: disparities

Nursing Homes for People of Color:
Still Segregated, Still Unequal

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Laura Newman

If Martin Luther King, Jr. was alive today, he would be 86. If he was like many elderly black Americans, he might well end up in a nursing home ranked lower in quality and with less well-trained nursing staff than … Continue reading →

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5 Wild Healthcare Stories Happening Right Now

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Laura Newman

In my journal of “healthcare is going to hell in a handbasket” this week, I’ve got a few items that will either make you laugh or cry. Hopefully, after that, you’ll mobilize yourself to fight for equity in health care … Continue reading →

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Healthcare System Fail: Let’s Get Serious About Disparities

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Laura Newman

AKA The Billie Holiday Blues on Christmas: A Friend Gets Tertiary Level Care at a Low-Quality Hospital It’s the day before Christmas and I’ve been involved in a medical crisis that nobody ever wants to face. Someone I know, who … Continue reading →

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End-of-Year Donations Help World’s Poor Get Basic Health

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Laura Newman

Patient POV tends to take up issues concerning American healthcare policy and patients in the United States. But we’ve just had a national election and the American public clearly rejected steps backward in healthcare. Considering that this is the holiday … Continue reading →

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RIP Jenny Knauss, Lifelong Activist for Patients,
Women’s Health, and Alzheimer’s Spoken Here

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Laura Newman

Before many of us heard the expression “patient-centered care,” Jenny Knauss was out front on the issue in the US, the UK, and in Africa. Ever the radical, she was a tireless advocate for reproductive rights, women’s health, and improving … Continue reading →

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Health Disparities and Behavior Change:
A Plea to Stop the Attack Ads

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Laura Newman

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene takes on a poor, white, single-mom, smoker in a harsh black-and-white tv spot. An off-camera announcer essentially tells her to quit smoking or risk leaving her children without a parent. That’s the … Continue reading →

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