Patient Satisfaction: African American Women's Views of the Patient-Doctor Relationship

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 35-48

  Copeland, Valire Carr ^a   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^b   Binko, Jo Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347951339     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v17n02_02     Document Type: Review

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