Race, gender, and partnership in the patient-physician relationship

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 583-589

  Cooper Patrick, Lisa ^a,b,e   Gallo, Joseph J ^a,b   Gonzales, Junius J ^c   Vu, Hong Thi ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a,b   Nelson, Christine ^d   Ford, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NYLCare Hlth Plans of the Mid Atl   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0033546647     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.6.583     Document Type: Article

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