Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda

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• Publisher: The National Academies Press
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 2473248716938

Table of contents

• FrontMatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Executive Summary
• 1 The Nature of Racial and Ethnic Differences
• 2 Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences
• 3 Genetic Influences
• 4 Socioeconomic Status
• 5 Behavior Risk Factors
• 6 Social and Personal Resources
• 7 Prejudice and Discrimination
• 8 Stress
• 9 Biopsychosocial Interactions
• 10 Health Care
• 11 The Life Course
• 12 Interventions
• References
• Appendix: Contents, "Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life"
• Biographical Sketches
• Index