Patients' attitudes toward health care providers collecting information about their race and ethnicity

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 895-900

  Baker, David W ^a   Cameron, Kenzie A ^a   Feinglass, Joseph ^a   Georgas, Patricia ^a   Foster, Shawn ^b   Pierce, Deborah ^b   Thompson, Jason A ^a   Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Ethnic groups; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RACE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 28444431588     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0195.x     Document Type: Review

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