The President of the Palestinian Authority who practices ethnic cleansing by declaring that in a future Palestinian state no Jews will be allowed and who regularly names public squares after terrorist murderers of children was being cheered at a liberal arts University.
In some practices ethnic minority patients reported better experience than White patients.
In some practices ethnic minority patients evaluated their experience similarly or more positively compared with White patients, and such practices could be studied as models for quality improvement.
After conducting interviews and analyzing census data, Hasmath (2011) argues that in practice ethnic minorities are disadvantaged relative to the Han in terms of hiring and promotions, particularly for well-paying, high-skill jobs.
Within-practice ethnic group differences varied substantially across practices (table 4, online appendix s2).
Third, the fact that within-practice ethnic differences varied markedly from practice to practice suggests that, at least in part, ethnic differences arise from differences in what practices do ('worse care' hypothesis, table 1).
Participating general practices were representative of the local area in terms of number of GPs working in the practice, ethnic groups of practice population, and urban location, and had a range of deprivation scores, with a median score of 40.3 (Table 1).
If traditional cultural practices among ethnic minorities influence health, than health metrics among ethnic minorities may differ systematically by ethnic density because of cultural practice norms.
This conceptual paper explores the development of formal HRM practices in ethnic versus non-ethnic family firms, contrasting a family influence/family social capital approach to formalization of HRM practices with the institutionalization of HRM practices that occurs in many small and growing firms.
Instead, this study aimed to highlight cultural beliefs and social practices among ethnic groups in south and central Lao PDR.
To enhance comparability, a blinded researcher (NHC) stratified and matched participating clusters according to the following criteria: percentage of patients in practice from ethnic minorities, type of practice (single handed, one or more partner practice, or healthcare centre), practice location (urban/rural), age of general practitioner, and sex of general practitioner.
