Considering cultural diversity in the management of ADHD in Hispanic patients

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Rothe, Eugenio M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jackson Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Jackson Memorial Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Disparities; Hispanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CUBA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEXICO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CUBA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 26444475845     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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