Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Timely, relevant discussions on Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery

Cherie P. Erkmen (Edited by)

9780323919593, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 24 November 2021

240 pages
28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.45 kg

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Cherie Erkmen brings considerable expertise to the topic of social disparities in thoracic surgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as social disparities in lung cancer, population health, esophageal cancer, benign lung diseases, and more.

• Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on social disparities in thoracic surgery, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. 

• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. 

• Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Social Disparities Database and Big Data; Health Disparities in Recruitment and Enrollment in Research; Social Disparities in Lung Cancer Risk and Screening; and more. 

A History of Health Policy and Health Disparity
Disparities in Health Care Delivery Systems
Social Disparities in Lung Cancer Risk and Screening
Social Disparities in Lung Cancer
Social Disparities in Benign Lung Diseases
Disparities in Lung Transplantation
Racial Disparities in Esophageal Cancer
Challenges in the Methodology for Health Disparities Research in Thoracic Surgery
Health Disparities in Recruitment and Enrollment in Research
Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery Database Research: Implications and Impact
Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery Education
Social Disparities in the Thoracic Surgery Workforce

Subject Areas: Cardiothoracic surgery [MNH]