The relationship between the race/ethnicity of generalist Physicians and their care for underserved populations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 817-822

  Xu, Gang ^a   Fields, Sylvia K ^a   Laine, Christine ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a   Barzansky, Barbara ^b   Martini, Carlos J M ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INSURANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; RACE;

EID: 0030962853     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.817     Document Type: Article

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