The Domenici Wellstone Equitable Treatment Act sought to increase access to mental health care services and improve the efficiency and fairness of insurance coverage for mental illness.

The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics' opinion on the use of databanks in genomic research requires informed consent by groups and individuals who are subjects of research.

A psychology professor stresses the importance of cultural competence and cultural sensitivity physicians in meeting the end-of-life care needs of an increasingly diverse patient population.

Diversity. A major buzz word here at the turn of the century.

Little-known medical trivia.

An African American physician recounts the life experiences that led to her career choice and discusses the potential impact of a caregiver's race or ethnicity on patient-physician communication.

A photograph from the first AMA House of Delegates meeting in 1901 highlights the issues of physician demographics and whether the profession has adequately addressed diversity in the profession.

Film, television, radio, and other media fail to accurately portray the diversity among health care professionals and the patients they treat.

The discussion of diversity in medical care should be expanded to include religious affiliation as a category of difference.

A U.S. Peace Corps physician relates his experiences in Africa to diversity in the medical profession and in medical school admissions.