HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

September 23, 2008

links for 2008-09-23

• Don't look to a doctor for understanding
  Doctors provide little in the way of empathy, even when their patients seem to ask for it, according to a study in the Sept. 22 Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at real doctor/patient encounters between 137 patients and their oncologists or thoracic surgeons from a Veterans Affairs hospital.
• Foreign-born Children Are Increasingly Uninsured, USA
  Contrary to public perceptions, foreign-born children are increasingly uninsured, rather than publicly insured, in the wake of immigration policy changes, according to a study by public health researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
• City Plans to Increase Health Care for the Poor
  New York City plans to expand primary health care facilities in 11 high-poverty areas, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced on Monday, saying she hoped to put $26 million toward the effort in the next four years, city finances permitting.