RT Journal
A1 Schneider, Monroe
A1 Gelberman, Richard H.
T1 Taking Charge of Our Future: Improving Musculoskeletal Health Care for All Americans
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2001
FD December 1
VO 83
IS 12
SP 1913
OP 1914
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
In his uplifting address, "The Academy on the Edge:
Taking Charge of Our Future" (83-A: 946-50, June 2001),
Dr. Richard Gelberman, as incoming President of the American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, reported at the March 2001 annual meeting
that the Academy’s special task force will include among
its goals for the coming years an investigation of the inequities
in the availability of medical care. Dr. Gelberman cited studies
showing that black men with osteoarthritis of the hip are less likely
to have joint replacement surgery than are white men and women despite
the greater incidence in black men. He intends to improve this situation
by presenting the results of investigations of this type to various
governmental organizations responsible for health policy.