A Parent Reveals the Biases That she Faced to get Care for her Daughter.

Creator(s)

Sosha Chaney
John D. Lantos, Children's Mercy Hospital

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2017

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2017.07.010

Abstract

A poor, African-American mother describes the difficulties that she has in getting a comprehensive medical evaluation for her child in an Emergency Room. Eventually, she finds the care and the caring that she needs at a medical clinic in a community health center.

Journal Title

Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care

Volume

47

Issue

9

First Page

233

Last Page

234

MeSH Keywords

Attitude of Health Personnel; Child, Preschool; Community Health Services; Early Intervention, Educational; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Information Seeking Behavior; Mothers; Nuclear Family; Prejudice; Stress, Psychological

Keywords

Attitude of Health Personnel; Community Health Services; Health Status Disparities; Information Seeking Behavior; Mothers; Nuclear Family; Prejudice; Stress

Recommended Citation

Chaney S, Lantos JD. A Parent Reveals the Biases That she Faced to get Care for her Daughter. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2017;47(9):233-234. doi:10.1016/j.cppeds.2017.07.010