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Scant progress amid racial healthcare gaps

Three reports say the need to correct disparities is urgent

By Stephen Smith
Globe Staff / August 18, 2005

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Despite increasing recognition that blacks in America receive inferior medical treatment, only scant progress has been made in recent years to bridge the health-care divide between the races, according to a series of reports released today that call for urgent action to end disparities. (Full article: 727 words)

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