Racial disparity in cardiac decision making: Results from patient focus groups

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1450-1453

  Ferguson, Jeffrey A ^a,c   Weinberger, Morris ^a,b   Westmorland, Glenda R ^a   Mamlin, Lorrie A ^a   Segar, Douglas S ^a   Greene, James Y ^a   Martin, Douglas K ^a   Tierney, William M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION;

CARING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; INDIANA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURVEY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032527694     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.13.1450     Document Type: Article

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