Does provision of health counseling differ by patient race?

Family Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 650-654

  Lin, Susan X ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COUNSELING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644471735     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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