Recruiting minority primary care practices into practice-based research

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 696-700

  Hudson, Shawna V ^a,b   Harris Haywood, Sonja ^c   Stange, Kurt C ^c   Orzano, A John ^b   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^a  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural sensitivity; Decision making; Ethnicity; Health Services research; Practice based research; Primary care; Qualitative research; Race; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33746778563     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000215818.38729.81     Document Type: Article

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