Racial and ethnic disparities in medical history taking: Detecting substance use among low-income pregnant women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-34

  Kerker, Bonnie D ^a,b   Leventhal, John M ^b   Schlesinger, Mark ^b   Horwitz, Sarah M ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical history taking; Pregnancy; Racial disparity; Substance abuse detection

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUP; MEDICAL AUDIT; POVERTY; RACE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33744986712     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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