title: Health care and civil rights: an introduction.
abstract: This article offers a brief history of healthcare civil rights, describes a range of healthcare issues that have a civil rights component, and discusses the need for an expanded civil rights framework to guide the provision of health care. Unequal health care based on race and ethnicity has received renewed attention over the past several years, but healthcare discrimination based on socioeconomic status, disability, age, and gender also deserve careful attention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2021 K Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006, USA. joelt@gwu.edu
authors.forename: Joel B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Teitelbaum
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012923:Social Class; D012935:Social Justice / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States