Patient-Doctor Communication in Cross-National Perspective a Study in Mexico

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 641-671

  Waitzkin, Howard ^a,c   Cabrera, Aurora ^a   De Cabrera, Emilia Arroyo ^b   Radlow, Myra ^a   Rodriguez, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap nonparametric statistics; Comparative international research; Mexico; Patient doctor communication; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGING; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030188060     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199607000-00001     Document Type: Review

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