"The array of topics covered is amazing, making this book a valuable, significant resource for many disciplines...This multidisciplinary review of the literatur

As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Differences in health by racial and ethnic status could be incr

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on avera

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc

The array of topics covered is amazing, making this book a valuable, significant resource for many disciplines...This multidisciplinary review of the literature