Mothers' satisfaction with medical care: Perceptions of Racism, Family Stress, and Medical Outcomes in Children with Diabetes

Health and Social Work

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 190-199

  Auslander, Wendy F ^a   Thompson, Sanna J ^a   Dreitzer, Daniele ^a   Santiago, Julio V ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Family stress; Medical care; Patient satisfaction; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RACE RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031203592     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/22.3.190     Document Type: Article

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