Americans' views

Americans' views on health care: foolish inconsistencies?

African Americans' views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

The participation of African Americans in clinical and public health research is essential. However, for a multitude of reasons, participation is low in many research studies. This article reviews the literature that substantiates barriers to participation and the legacy of past abuses of human subjects through research. The article then reports the results of seven focus groups with 60 African...

Americans' Views On Health Care: A Study In Contradictions

Americans' views of health care costs, access, and quality.

For more than two decades, polls have shown that Americans are dissatisfied with their current health care system. However, the public's views on how to change the current system are more conflicted than often suggested by individual poll results. At the same time, Americans are both dissatisfied with the current health care system and relatively satisfied with their own health care arrangement...

Americans' Views On Health Care: A Study In Contradictions