Racial disparities in the use of the health care system and in health care outcomes have been well documented, including a new study by researchers at Dartmouth. Less well known is that this is a worldwide phenomenon. The Inuits and the Cree in Canada, the Maori of New Zealand, the Aborigines in Australia-all get less care and have worse health outcomes than the majority white populations. [See Lives at Risk.]

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