Race, ethnicity, culture, and disparities in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 667-669

  Egede, Leonard E ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744463656     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.0512.x     Document Type: Editorial

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