How does race matter, anyway?

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Escarce, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 13644263391     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00338.x     Document Type: Editorial

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