Many experts today insist that a patient’s race profoundly affects how the medical-care system deals with him. The notion that physicians are biased against minorities––overtly or subtly––has acquired considerable weight in both academic literature and the popular press. In their new book The Health Disparities Myth (AEI Press, 2006), authors Jonathan Klick, a legal scholar and health economist, and AEI scholar Sally Satel, a physician, critically assess recent research bearing on this question and discuss other factors that contribute to health-care disparities. They also suggest strategies for improving the health of all underserved Americans. They will present their findings at this book event and will be joined in a panel discussion by Peter Bach, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University; Linda Gottfredson, University of Delaware; and Christopher Foreman, University of Maryland. AEI scholar Sally Satel will moderate the discussion.
