The promise and limits of racial/ethnic concordance in physician-patient interaction

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 811-838

  Schnittker, Jason ^a   Liang, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749075749     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2006-004     Document Type: Article

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