Effect of race and sex on primary care physicians' diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 777-784

  Kales, Helen C ^a,b,c   Neighbors, Harold W ^d   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,c   Blow, Frederic C ^a,c   McCarthy, John F ^a,c   Ignacio, Rosalinda V ^a,c   Taylor, Kiran K K ^c   Gillon, Leah ^a   Mellow, Alan M ^c,e  

^a Health Services Research and Development   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Elderly; Geriatric; Mental health in primary care; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN WORKER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20444482903     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53255.x     Document Type: Article

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