This book is by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) U.S. Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. It is edited by Brian D.. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson, and was published by the National Academies Press in 2003.

The book presents the findings of the IOM study requested by Congress to assess differences in the kinds and quality of health care received by U.S. people from racial and ethnic minority groups.