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Affirmative action: what's really fair? 1979

R Thayer

The concept of affirmative action has been the subject of much controversy in the past. Opponents of the concept believe that it provides preferential treatment for minorities and females based upon factors of race and sex that are both unconstitutional and illegal. Proponents believe the concept is needed to make up for past abuses. In this article, the author attempts to illustrate how an objective affirmative action program can enhance a hospital's personnel development system.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008913	Minority Groups	A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.	Group, Minority,Groups, Minority,Minority Group
D010557	Personnel Administration, Hospital	Management activities concerned with hospital employees.	Hospital Personnel Administration,Personnel Management, Hospital,Personnel, Hospital, Organization and Administration,Administration, Hospital Personnel,Hospital Personnel Management,Hospital Personnel Organization and Administration,Management, Hospital Personnel
D002641	Chicago	A city in Illinois.
D002961	Civil Rights	Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)	Due Process,Minority Rights,Equal Protection,Legal Rights,Voting Rights,Civil Right,Legal Right,Minority Right,Protection, Equal,Right, Civil,Right, Legal,Right, Minority,Right, Voting,Rights, Civil,Rights, Legal,Rights, Minority,Rights, Voting,Voting Right
D005260	Female		Females
D006746	Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over	The number of beds 500 or more which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.	Hospital Bed Capacity 500 Over
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012737	Sex Factors	Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.	Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D014933	Women's Rights	The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities afforded by society.	Women's Liberation,Woman's Rights,Women's Status,Liberation, Women's,Right, Woman's,Right, Women's,Rights, Woman's,Rights, Women's,Status, Women's,Woman Rights,Woman's Right,Women Status,Women's Right

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