Geropsychiatric consultation for African-American and caucasian patients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 216-222

  Leo, Raphael J ^a   Narayan, Dwayne A ^b   Sherry, Constance ^a   Michalek, Claudia ^a   Pollock, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030990127     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(97)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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