Development and validation of a patient-reported measure of physician cultural competency

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 636-655

  Thom, David H ^a   Tirado, Miguel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural medicine; Cultural competency; Doctor patient communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGED; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748029657     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558706290946     Document Type: Article

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