Introduction:

Introduction

Augustus A. White, III and Charles L. Nelson
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: xxiii0. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keynote Address:

Improving Diversity Among Health Professionals in the UnitedStates: A Brief History

Louis W. Sullivan
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S1-S3. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Musculoskeletal Health Disparities:

Perspectives on Health Disparities in Orthopaedic Oncology

Mark C. Gebhardt
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S5-S7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-up Care

Raymond O. Pierce, Jr
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S8-S12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disparities in Orthopaedic Surgical Intervention

Charles L. Nelson
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S13-S17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cogent Perspectives on Musculoskeletal Health Disparities in Women:

From Earth to Mars: Sex Differences and Their Implicationsfor Musculoskeletal Health

Saralyn Mark
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S19-S21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sex Differences in Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee

Mary I. O’Connor
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S22-S25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Osteoporosis

Patricia A. Thomas
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S26-S30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Female Knee: Anatomic Variations

Sheryl Conley, Aaron Rosenberg, and Roy Crowninshield
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S31-S36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Women and Minorities in Orthopaedic Residency Programs

Kimberly Templeton, V. Jamaica Wood, and Richard Haynes
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S37-S41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Important Causes of Health Disparities:

Utilization of Joint Arthroplasty: Racial and Ethnic Disparitiesin the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Diane L. Rowley, Bill C. Jenkins, and Emma Frazier
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S43-S48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Improving Diversity in Orthopaedic Residency Programs

Mark C. Gebhardt
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S49-S50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Some Ways to Eliminate Health Disparities:

Cultural Diversity, Health Care Disparities, and Cultural Competency in American Medicine

Richard Allen Williams
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S52-S58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cobb Institute Strategies for the Elimination of Health Disparities

Randall C. Morgan,, Jr and Sheila J. Davis
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S59-S63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

How We Can Improve Health Provider Diversity:

The Role of the Department Chair in Promoting Diversity

Ronald W. Lindsey
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S65-S69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Why Winners Win: Decision Making in Medical Malpractice Cases

Linda S. Crawford
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S70-S74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Activities in Culturally Competent Care Education:

Current Activities in Orthopaedic Culturally Competent Care Education

Ramon Luis Jimenez
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S76-S79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Culturally Competent Care Education: Overview and Perspectives

Augustus A. White, III and Heidi L. Hoffman
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S80-S85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Health Disparities and Public Policy: Opportunities and Responsibilities:

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hip and Knee Joint Replacement:A Review of Research in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Said A. Ibrahim
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S87-S94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetic and Social Environment Interactions and Their Impacton Health Policy

Perry W. Payne, Jr, Charmaine Royal, and Sharon L.R. Kardia
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S95-S98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Race Health Realities: Social, Cultural, Political, Genetic:

The Role of Genetic and Sociopolitical Definitions of Racein Clinical Trials

Perry W. Payne, Jr and Charmaine Royal
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S100-S104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Conclusion:

Concluding Remarks

Augustus A. White, III and Charles L. Nelson
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007 15: S106. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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