Poor patient comprehension of abnormal mammography results

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 432-437

  Karliner, Leah S ^a,b   Kaplan, Celia Patricia ^a,b,c   Juarbe, Teresa ^b   Pasick, Rena ^a,c   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal mammography; Communication barriers; Ethnicity; Language barriers; Patient doctor communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT NOTIFICATION; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 22144477540     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40281.x     Document Type: Review

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