Nonnative Physicians as Message Sources: Effects of Accent and Ethnicity on Patients' Responses to AIDS Prevention Counseling

Health Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-368

  Rubin, Donald L ^a   Healy, Pamela ^b   Clifford Gardiner, T ^b   Zath, Richard C ^b   Moore, Cynthia Partain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345812061     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc0904_4     Document Type: Article

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