The relevance of cultural distance between patients and physicians to racial disparities in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-205

  Saha, Somnath ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33644845489     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.0345.x     Document Type: Editorial

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